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Record Nr.

UNINA9910149540103321

Autore

Canfield Michael

Titolo

Ice roads / / by Michael Canfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Gareth Stevens Publishing, , 2017

�2017

ISBN

1-4824-5774-1

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations, map

Collana

Technology takes on nature

Disciplina

388.324023

Soggetti

Ice crossings

Truck drivers

Trucking

Trucking - Arctic regions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Icy conditions -- Ice-road builders -- The ice bowl -- Watching the ice -- Prized loads -- Staying safe -- Driving on ice -- Wanna hit the road? -- Tragedy strikes -- Climate change -- Ice-road technology -- Good or bad?

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, readers will love exploring how people use ice roads to safely drive from place to place. Showing how these roads are made and maintained, readers take an inside look at some impressive transportation navigation in some of Earth's deadliest places.