The GLIMS initiative has created a unique glacier inventory, storing information about the extent and rates of change of all the world's mountain glaciers and ice caps. The GLIMS Glacier Database was ...

We celebrate 11 of the most beautiful mountains in the world: from the Alaskan wilds and remote Greenland to the giants of ...

On a mountainside, a mother and son come to grips with the high-risk lifestyle she introduced him to.

Both the Argentine and the Chilean governments recognize permafrost as a strategic freshwater reserve which, in times of ...

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Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina's Austral Andes region has left visitors awestruck with a rare sight - a rotating ...

This is how you go about hiking in Patagonia when you’re over 60 years of age – in a manner that is both challenging but ...

Crevasses are widening faster as meltwater drives fissures deeper into the ice and lubricates the base of glaciers, ...

At an incredible 5,800 metres (19,000ft) above sea level, this road has been declared the world's highest and climbs up the ...

Lenka Polackova of Slovakia just recorded the Fastest Known Time ("FKT") summiting Aconcagua - one of the iconic Seven ...

The enchanting dunescape stretches over 43 miles (70 km) along the coast and over 30 miles (50 km) inland. Lençois translates ...