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The break-up of the Petermann Glacier
26-09-2011
Greenland shed its largest chunk of ice in nearly half a century last week when the momentous break-up of the Petermann Glacier set a 100 sq mile chunk of ice drifting into the North Strait between Greenland...
Himalayan sherpas bugged by the sight of house flies at 5,000m
26-09-2011
Dawa Steven Sherpa is one of WWF climate witness in Nepal. Photograph: WWFEarlier this year Dawa Steven Sherpa was resting at Everest base camp when he and his companions heard something buzzing. "What...
The Gathering Storm
26-09-2011
Here, Steck is seen on the southwest ridge of Cholatse — Freddie WilkinsonOn April 17, 2011, Swiss climber Ueli Steck soloed the south face of Tibet's 8,027-meter Shisha Pangma, the 14th highest mountain...
Those Wily Russians!
26-09-2011
How an adventure trip became a minor international incidentIt wasn't exactly the Cuban missile crisis, but when a team of Russian divers plunged 13,979 feet beneath the ice in a Mir submersible last August...
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