Retracing the steps of Swiss explorers in the Himalaya

August Gansser and Arnold Heim at their camp. ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv.
August Gansser and Arnold Heim at their camp. ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv.
August Gansser and Arnold Heim at their camp. ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv. Daring Swiss pioneers took exciting photos and observations of glaciers in the Indian Himalayas in the 1930s. Glaciologists from WSL and the ETH Zurich now repeated their trip to collect up-to-date data. 14.09.2022 -Swiss explorers in Indian Himalaya. Six Swiss pioneers explored the hidden valleys of the Garhwal range of the Indian Himalaya more than eight decades ago. They made impressive first ascents, survived terrifying avalanches, and most interestingly, made some extremely accurate observations and photographs of the glaciers flowing down these remote ranges.
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