CONVERSATION & BOOK SIGNING at JourneySantaFe

JourneySantaFe

Join author Christopher White for a conversation and Q&A at JourneySantaFe, located at Collected Works Bookstore, Galisteo and Water Streets, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Sunday, March 30, 2014, at 11 AM.

MELTING WORLD: The Fate of America’s Alpine Glaciers

When author Christopher White hiked around Glacier National Park in 1976, no one had heard of global warming. The Park boasted nearly 40 pristine alpine glaciers. Since then, Chris spent five years (2008-2013) exploring the fate of mountain glaciers in the Rockies and around the world. In Glacier National Park, only 25 glaciers remain. Forecasts suggest these last icefields will vanish in ten year’s time, with cascading impacts to wildlife and forests downstream. This intimate event with Chris features excerpts from his book, The Melting World: A Journey Across America’s Vanishing Glaciers, and tales of his personal journey to document the impact of America’s vanishing ice.

Christopher White is a science writer and journalist, specializing in narrative nonfiction. He has written four books, including Skipjack: The Story of America’s Last Sailing Oystermen, and has written for publications ranging from The Baltimore Sun to National Geographic. Chris has a degree in biology from Princeton University and an appetite for mountaineering, with ascents on three continents. He lives in Santa Fe.