Author: Caperton Tissot
Publisher: Snowy Owl Press
Year published: 2010
What it covers:
"This book, providing a relatively unknown history of ice in the region, is very thought provoking. It describes the cultural relationships over the years and ends with a discussion of climate change and how this will reshape ice and associated activities in the future."
Betsey Lowe, former Director of Region 5, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; Founder of the Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks, "The Wild Center"
"My favorite moment each year is when winter takes control and friction loses its grip—when all of a sudden even the ungainly among us acquire a kind of grace as we skim across the world. This book captures every element of that moment, in the most beautiful place in the world. I hope only that those who read it will rise to the defense of winter, so that we can keep the great warming at bay and preserve these scenes for centuries to come."
Bill McKibben, author, environmental activist and resident scholar at Middlebury College
"In Adirondack Ice, a Cultural and Natural History, author Caperton Tissot illuminates the history of our relationship with a defining element of winter. Valued and reviled, ice is an unavoidable fact of life in the Adirondack Mountains. As Tissot points out, it has 'substantially determined the natural, economic, and cultural history of the North Country, yet it is an often overlooked and underappreciated influence.' Filled with surprises, Adirondack Ice is a fascinating look at the many ways ice touches our lives in the Adirondack Mountains."
Laura Rice, Chief Curator, The Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake
This book may be purchased from the Historic Saranac Lake Bookstore.
