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Leaving England for Canada in 1898, Doctor Edward Byrne has no idea that the glacier he has set out to study will come to absorb his every thought. When he arrives in Jasper, he finds himself attracted to then mysterious presence of the big white chunk. His religious appreciation of its movement keeps him in town much longer than anticipated, living out a symbiotic relationship with a block of ice.
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5 editions · 2 languages- Other · English · 1997Vintage · 206 pages · 9780099766216
- Other · English · 1997Jonathan Cape · 206 pages · 9780224043663
- Other · English · 1995Washington Square Pr. · 274 pages · 9780671002206
- Other · English · 1995NeWest · 274 pages · 9780920897874
- Other · French · 2000Le champ de glaceRivages · 214 pages · 9782743606718
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