The Glaciers of Iceland A Historical, Cultural and Scientific Overview

• Main Author: Björnsson, Helgi
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Atlantis Press 2017
• Subjects: Natural disasters; Hydrogeology; Earth sciences; GB1001; Vatnajökull; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2078/ebook:105670; https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-207-6

This book is the first comprehensive overview and evaluation of the origins, history and current size and condition of all of Iceland's major glaciers (including Vatnajökull, the largest in Europe) at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It is not only illustrated with many beautiful phot...