Mountain World In Danger

Author : Sten Nilsson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134041187
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mountain World in Danger written by Sten Nilsson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The changing climate, the warming of the world and acid rain are among the greatest problems facing us at the end of the twentieth century. This book describes, for the first time, the effects of these phenomena on the high mountains and the forests of Europe. Mountains and the frozen regions (the cryosphere) not only play a major part in our climatic system, but are also central to our water supplies. Yet our glaciers are shrinking, our lakes and soils are becoming acidified, our forests are damaged and the whole fragile ecosystem of ranges like the Alps and the Caucasus is threatened. Nilsson and Pitt present the evidence and assess the probable effects of these changes on mountain society, tourism, water, flora and fauna. They also examine the uncertainties. Above all they look, too, at the best possible strategies in response to What is happening and at what the next steps should be. Originally published in 1991

Author : Sten Nilsson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113404125X
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mountain World in Danger written by Sten Nilsson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The changing climate, the warming of the world and acid rain are among the greatest problems facing us at the end of the twentieth century. This book describes, for the first time, the effects of these phenomena on the high mountains and the forests of Europe. Mountains and the frozen regions (the cryosphere) not only play a major part in our climatic system, but are also central to our water supplies. Yet our glaciers are shrinking, our lakes and soils are becoming acidified, our forests are damaged and the whole fragile ecosystem of ranges like the Alps and the Caucasus is threatened. Nilsson and Pitt present the evidence and assess the probable effects of these changes on mountain society, tourism, water, flora and fauna. They also examine the uncertainties. Above all they look, too, at the best possible strategies in response to What is happening and at what the next steps should be. Originally published in 1991

Author : Sten Nilsson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781844079339
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mountain World in Danger written by Sten Nilsson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Ed Viesturs
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0767932609
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book K2 written by Ed Viesturs and published by Crown. This book was released on 2010-08-03 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thrilling chronicle of the tragedy-ridden history of climbing the world's most difficult and unpredictable mountain, by the bestselling authors of The Mountain and No Shortcuts to the Top “Gripping . . . reveals a good deal about the rarefied noble-gonzo world of high-altitude mountaineering.”—The New York Times Ed Viesturs, one of the world's premier high-altitude mountaineers, explores the remarkable history of K2 and of those who have attempted to conquer it. At the same time, he probes the mountain's most memorable sagas in order to illustrate lessons about the fundamental questions mountaineering raises—questions of risk, ambition, loyalty to one's teammates, self-sacrifice, and the price of glory. Viesturs knows the mountain firsthand. He and renowned alpinist Scott Fischer climbed it in 1992 and got caught in an avalanche that sent them sliding to almost certain death before Ed managed to get into a self-arrest position with his ice ax and stop both his fall and Scott's. Focusing on seven of the mountain's most dramatic campaigns, from his own troubled ascent to the 2008 tragedy, Viesturs crafts an edge-of-your-seat narrative that climbers and armchair travelers alike will find unforgettably compelling. With photographs from Viesturs's personal collection and from historical sources, this is the definitive account of the world's ultimate mountain, and of the lessons that can be gleaned from struggling toward its elusive summit.

Author : Tod Olson
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1338207377
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Into the Clouds: The Race to Climb the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain (Scholastic Focus) written by Tod Olson and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nail-biting tale of survival and brotherhood atop one of the world's most dangerous mountains. This fast-paced, three-part narrative takes readers on three expeditions over 15 years to K2, one of the deadliest mountains on Earth. Roped together, these teams of men face perilously high altitudes and battering storms in hopes of reaching the summit. As each expedition sets out, they carve new paths along icy slopes and unforgiving rock, creating camps on ledges so narrow they fear turning over in their sleep. But disaster strikes -- in 1939, four men never make it down the mountain. Fourteen years later, a man develops blood clots in his legs at 25,000 feet, leaving his team with no safe path off the mountain. Filled with displays of incredible strength and heart-stopping danger, Into the Clouds tells the incredible stories of the men whose quest to conquer a mountain became a battle to survive the descent.

Author : Gregg Treinish
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426325657
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Danger on the Mountain! written by Gregg Treinish and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2016-12-13 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True stories of explorer Gregg Treinish's travels and adventures around the United States.

Author : Frankie Morland
Publisher : Dorling Kindersley Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0241454956
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book World In Danger written by Frankie Morland and published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the beauty of the world around us and why we must protect it, in this magical, sing-along picture book. Eight year old environmentalist, Frankie Morland wants to make a difference to the world. So, he decided to write a song... In this colourful book, Frankie's thoughtful lyrics sit alongside beautiful illustrations which remind us of all there is to love about planet Earth and just how urgent it is that we take care of it. World In Danger features facts about Frankie's favourite endangered animals from cute red pandas, to colourful toucans, to buzzing bees, and simple activities you can do at home to do your bit to save the environment. Budding musicians can learn to play Frankie's song on the guitar or piano by following the musical score at the back of the book - and everyone can follow the lyrics and sing along! Ideal for little nature lovers, as well as fans of Frankie's song and its inspirational message.

Author : Gary Snyder
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1619024055
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Danger on Peaks written by Gary Snyder and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2014-09-22 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When first published in 2004, Danger on Peaks was the poet's first new collection of poems in twenty years. Perhaps his most personal, autobiographical collection, it begins with the young poet ascending Mt. St. Helens in 1945, a climb accidentally timed with the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He was 15 years old. Almost sixty years later, after the great Buddhas at Bamiyan Valley were bombed and with the victims of the World Trade Center also "turned to dust," the poet composed a prayer while at Short Grass Temple in Senso–ji, a pilgrim on the path of Kannon, Goddess of Mercy. This remarkable collection was greeted with broad praise, and as Julia Martin proclaimed, "Moving between relative and absolute ways of seeing, [Snyder] responds to the experience of global conflict and personal pain by reminding readers of the continuity of wildness, affirming the value of art, and invoking an ancient practice of wisdom and compassion."

Author : Vanessa O'Brien
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982123788
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To the Greatest Heights written by Vanessa O'Brien and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A memoir by Vanessa O'Brien, record-breaking American-British explorer, takes you on an unexpected journey to the top of the world's highest mountains"--

Author : Elizabeth Hawley
Publisher : Amer Alpine Club
ISBN 13 : 9780930410995
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Himalayan Database written by Elizabeth Hawley and published by Amer Alpine Club. This book was released on 2004-10-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The historical archives of Elizabeth Hawley-for more than 40 years the meticulous chronicler of mountaineering expeditions in Nepal-are now available on this searchable CD.