Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations viii
4. Acknowledgments x
5. Introduction 3
6. Matters of Locality
7. Memories of the Little Ice Age 23
8. Constructing Life Stories: Glaciers as Social Spaces 50
9. Listening for Different Stories 76
10. Practices of Exploration
11. Two Centuries of Stories from Lituya Bay: Nature, Culture, and La Pérouse 127
12. Bringing Icy Regions Home: John Muir in Alaska 154
13. Edward James Glave, the Alsek, and the Congo 179
14. Scientific Research in Sentient Places
15. Mapping Boundaries: From Stories to Borders 213
16. Melting Glaciers and Emerging Histories 243
17. Notes 260
18. Bibliography 288
19. Index 303