Like snakes that watch their prey, from their far fountains,
Slow rolling on.
? Percy Shelley, ?Mont Blanc, ? 1816
Glaciers in America's far northwest figure prominently in indigenous oral traditions, early travelers? journals, and the work of geophysical scientists. By following such stories across three centuries, this book explores local knowledge, colonial encounters, and environmental change.
Do Glaciers Listen? examines conflicting depictions of glaciers to show how natural and social histories are entangled. During late stages...
The glaciers creep
Like snakes that watch their prey, from their far fountains,
