One expedition's story. (International Year of Ecotourism). : An article from: UN Chronicle [HTML]

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This digital document is an article from UN Chronicle, published by United Nations Publications on September 1, 2002. The length of the article is 1022 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation Details
Title: One expedition's story. (International Year of Ecotourism).
Publication: UN Chronicle (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2002
Publisher: United Nations Publications
Volume: 39 Issue: 3 Page: 52(1)Distributed by Thompson Gale

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An expedition, dispatched to the Himalayas to chronicle the environmental health of one the world's most famous mountain ranges, has gathered startling evidence of the impacts of climate change. Backed by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the team has learned that the glacier from where Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay set out to conquer Everest nearly fifty years ago has retreated up the mountain by around five kilometres. Roger Payne, Sports and Development Director at the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA) and one of the expedition's leaders, said: "It is clear that global warming is emerging as one if not the biggest threat to mountain areas. The evidence of climate change was all around us, from...


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