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The Greater Aletsch Glacier, a journey into the melting heart of the Alps
LIGEFATE   21 March 2021   Switzerland   Swiss Alps  
Aerial view of the Greater Aletsch Glacier as seen from the Konkordiahütte September 2019 © Kevin Kok.
<p>In 1674, residents of Fiesch, a village in the Swiss canton of Valais at the feet of the Greater Aletsch Glacier &ndash; the largest in the European Alps &ndash; established a Catholic ritual to ask the heavens to stop this and the nearby Fiescher Glacier ...
Switzerland has completed construction on the world's longest tunnel
Business Insider   25 August 2015   Switzerland   Swiss Alps  
Switzerland has completed construction on the world's longest tunnel Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
<p>The Swiss Alps are an unforgiving landscape of rugged, rocky peaks and lush, green valleys. Connecting communities that would be otherwise isolated by the vast mountain range &mdash; including cultural and economic hubs like Zurich, Milan, and Turin &mdash; ...
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