He trekked up Ecuador’s tallest mountain twice a week for six decades to hack ice off a glacier with a pickax. He is believed to have been the last of his breed.
Category: Glaciers
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Rafting a Western River With the Next Generation
On a family trip in Montana, a father shares a tradition with his two sons even as climate change threatens the certainty of the rivers he grew up running.
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Climate Change Is Making Glacier Tourism More Popular, and Riskier
More tourists are eager to visit vanishing glaciers and ice caves, but warming is also making the sites unstable.
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Iceland Ice Wall Collapse: 1 Tourist Is Dead and 2 Are Trapped
The tourists were part of a group exploring a glacier in southeastern Iceland when an ice canyon wall collapsed. A fourth tourist was rescued, officials said.
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A New Gondola Takes Visitors to a Vanishing Alpine Glacier. Is That a Good Thing?
“Last-chance tourists” are visiting the melting Mer de Glace in Chamonix, France, in droves. A just-opened lift should make that easier. But some worry tourism is only making the problem worse.
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Skating on ‘Wild’ Ice in Alaska
When a two-week, high-pressure window of cold, clear weather froze lakes south of Anchorage, adventurous skaters, including our writer, were ready.
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Skating on ‘Wild’ Ice in Alaska
When a two-week, high-pressure window of cold, clear weather froze lakes south of Anchorage, adventurous skaters, including our writer, were ready.
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The Poignant Music of Melting Ice
The New York Times – Music:Scientists and musicians are recording the sounds of unfreezing water to document and predict the effects of climate change. Can their work help slow it, too?
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Greenland Wants You to Visit. But Not All at Once.
The New York Times – Travel:The Arctic island, renowned for its glaciers and fjords, is expanding airports and hotels to energize its economy, even as it tries to avoid the pitfalls of overtourism.
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In Swiss Alps, Some Wonder What a Future Without Snow May Mean
The New York Times – Travel:An unusually warm winter has forced a rethink about climate change in areas with lower peaks as ski resorts and sporting events face an uncertain future.