BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1: ICE ON PLANET EARTH -- THE WATER MOLECULE -- THE ICE CRYSTAL -- Hoarfrost and Rime -- MECHANICAL PROPERTIES -- THERMAL PROPERTIES -- OPTICAL PROPERTIES -- ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES -- Ice Ages -- CHAPTER 2: PERMAFROST -- THE ORIGIN AND STABILITY OF PERMAFROST -- AIR TEMPERATURE AND GROUND TEMPERATURE -- CLIMATIC CHANGE -- PERMAFROST DISTRIBUTION IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE -- THE LOCAL THICKNESS OF PERMAFROST -- THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE -- THE EFFECTS OF WATER BODIES -- THE EFFECTS OF SOLAR RADIATION, VEGETATION, AND SNOW COVER -- TYPES OF GROUND ICE -- ICE WEDGES -- ACTIVE WEDGES, INACTIVE WEDGES, AND ICE-WEDGE CASTS -- SURFACE MANIFESTATIONS OF PERMAFROST AND SEASONALLY FROZEN GROUND -- POLYGONAL GROUND -- THERMOKARST FORMATIONS -- PINGOS -- PATTERNED GROUND -- SOIL FLOW -- THE STUDY OF PERMAFROST -- PROBLEMS POSED BY PERMAFROST -- PERMAFROST ENGINEERING -- DEVELOPMENT IN PERMAFROST AREAS -- CHAPTER 3: ICE IN LAKES AND RIVERS -- THE SEASONAL CYCLE -- ICE FORMATION IN LAKES -- NUCLEATION OF ICE CRYSTALS -- THE EFFECTS OF WIND MIXING -- THE RATES OF GROWTH -- VARIATIONS IN ICE STRUCTURE -- ICE DECAY -- THINNING AND ROTTING -- MELTING -- THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF LAKE ICE -- ICE FORMATION IN RIVERS -- ACCUMULATING ICE COVER -- GROWTH OF FIXED ICE COVER -- ICE BUILDUPS -- DECAY AND ICE JAMS -- RIVER ICE MODIFICATION -- THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF RIVER ICE -- CHAPTER 4: GLACIERS AND ICE SHEETS -- THE FORMATION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF GLACIER ICE -- MASS BALANCE -- HEAT OR ENERGY BALANCE -- GLACIER FLOW -- MOUNTAIN GLACIERS AND OTHER SMALLER ICE MASSES -- CLASSIFICATION OF MOUNTAIN GLACIERS -- SURFACE FEATURES -- MASS BALANCE OF MOUNTAIN GLACIERS -- THE FLOW OF MOUNTAIN GLACIERS -- Crevasse -- GLACIER HYDROLOGY -- Rock Glacier -- THE GREAT ICE SHEETS.

THE ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET -- THE GREENLAND ICE SHEET -- ACCUMULATION AND ABLATION OF THE ICE SHEETS -- NET MASS BALANCE -- THE FLOW OF THE ICE SHEETS -- Ross Ice Shelf -- THE INFORMATION FROM DEEP CORES -- THE RESPONSE OF GLACIERS TO CLIMATIC CHANGE -- GLACIERS AND SEA LEVEL -- CHAPTER 5: GLACIAL LANDFORMS -- GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS -- GLACIERS AND TOPOGRAPHY -- GLACIAL EROSION -- GLACIAL DEPOSITION -- EROSIONAL LANDFORMS -- SMALL-SCALE FEATURES OF GLACIAL EROSION -- THE EROSIONAL LANDFORMS OF VALLEY GLACIERS -- THE EROSIONAL LANDFORMS OF CONTINENTAL GLACIERS -- DEPOSITIONAL LANDFORMS -- THE DEPOSITIONAL LANDFORMS OF VALLEY GLACIERS -- THE DEPOSITIONAL LANDFORMS OF CONTINENTAL GLACIERS -- MELTWATER DEPOSITS -- PERIGLACIAL LANDFORMS -- FELSENMEERS, TALUS, AND ROCK GLACIERS -- CHAPTER 6: ICEBERGS AND SEA ICE -- ICEBERGS -- THE ORIGIN OF ANTARCTIC ICEBERGS -- THE ORIGIN OF ARCTIC ICEBERGS -- ICEBERG STRUCTURE -- ICEBERG SIZE AND SHAPE -- EROSION AND MELTING -- THE DISTRIBUTION OF ICEBERGS AND THEIR DRIFT TRAJECTORIES -- ICEBERG SCOUR AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT -- THE CLIMATIC IMPACTS OF ICEBERGS -- ICEBERG DETECTION, TRACKING, AND MANAGEMENT -- SEA ICE -- ICE SALINITY, TEMPERATURE, AND ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS -- SEA ICE FORMATION AND FEATURES -- PACK ICE DRIFT AND THICKNESS -- SEA ICE AND ITS INTERACTIONS WITH THE OCEANS, ATMOSPHERE, AND CLIMATE -- THE EMERGING IMPACTS OF RECENT CHANGES TO SEA ICE -- CHAPTER 7: THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC -- THE ARCTIC -- CONTINENTAL ICE SHEETS OF THE PAST -- TERRAIN -- DRAINAGE AND SOILS -- PRESENT-DAY GLACIATION -- GLACIER GROUPS -- CLIMATE -- THE ARCTIC OCEAN -- OCEANOGRAPHY -- SEA ICE IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN -- ANTARCTICA -- PHYSICAL FEATURES -- ANTARCTIC GLACIATION -- THE SURROUNDING SEAS -- CLIMATE -- THE POWER OF ICE -- Appendix: Significant Glaciers, Ice Sheets, and Ice Shelves -- AMERY ICE SHELF -- BEARDMORE GLACIER.

FILCHNER ICE SHELF -- LARSEN ICE SHELF -- LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET -- RONNE ICE SHELF -- SHACKLETON ICE SHELF -- SKELTON GLACIER -- WILKINS ICE SHELF -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ICE -- PERMAFROST -- ICE IN LAKES AND RIVERS -- GLACIERS -- GLACIAL LANDFORMS -- ICEBERGS AND SEA ICE -- SEA ICE -- THE ARCTIC -- GENERAL WORKS -- THE LAND -- THE ARCTIC OCEAN -- ANTARCTICA -- GENERAL WORKS -- PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY -- GLACIERS AND SEAS -- INDEX -- BACK COVER.