Along Wisconsin's Ice Age Trail
Contributors: David Obey (Foreword); Eric Sherman (Editor); Andrew Hanson (Editor); Bart Smith (Photographer)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: April 1, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780299226640
Subjects: Earth Sciences - Geology; Subjects & Themes - Travel - General; United States - Midwest - East North Central (General); Travel / United States / Midwest / East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI); Travel; Travel - General; Description and travel; Ice Age National Scenic Trail; Ice Age National Scenic Trail (Wis.); Natural history; Pictorial works; Wisconsin
Description: "The Ice Age National Scenic Trail is a thousand-mile footpath - entirely within the state of Wisconsin, that courses like a river through a varied landscape. Walk the Ice Age Trail to witness hundreds of crystal lakes, thriving prairies and farmlands, towering white pines and diverse wetlands, ancient Native American effigy mounds, remnant oak savannas, charming villages and cities, and many of the world's finest examples of the effects of continuing glaciation."

"More than twelve thousand years ago, an immense flow of glacial ice, as much as two miles deep, sculpted a landscape of remarkable beauty. Geologic features along the trail include kames, kettles, drumlins, ice-walled-lake plains, eskers, tunnel channels, basalt bluffs, dells, and rock-strewn terminal moraines. Here, too, is the ancient landscape of the Driftless Area, notably devoid of glacial evidence." "Photographer Bart Smith hiked the Ice Age Trail in four seasons, capturing stunning images for this book. Adding depth to his images are essays by notable and knowledgeable writers, telling us more about the natural history of this remarkable landscape and their personal engagement with it."--Jacket.