A number of researchers have begun to study the objects, including tools, garments and entire mummified human bodies, that emerge as a result of glacier retreat. This body of work has grown large enough to merit a new journal, The Journal of Glacier Archaeology. For a description of this journal, see
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Ben Orlove
School of International and Public Affairs
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Master's Program in Climate and Society
International Research Institute for Climate and Society
Center for Research on Environmental Decisions
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