No, it doesn’t look like a giant white ape. But the battery-powered rover has all the toughness of an abominable snowman, surveying undetected hazards at research sites in Greenland and Antarctica.
A chunk of ice broke off a hanging glacier, sending an avalanche of ice and snow down into the ice fields and engulfing about 30 men. The toll, at 12 dead, was the worst in a single day in the history of Mt. Everest.
A chunk of ice broke off a hanging glacier, sending an avalanche of ice and snow down into the ice fields and engulfing about 30 men. The toll, at 12 dead, was the worst in a single day in the history of Mt. Everest.
Two vast interconnected hydraulic machines push melted snow from dams in the Sierra mountains to massive pumps that fill the aqueducts traversing the state of California.
Two vast interconnected hydraulic machines push melted snow from dams in the Sierra mountains to massive pumps that fill the aqueducts traversing the state of California.
Jeremy Jones is an extreme snowboarder riding down pitches that are almost vertical. The slopes are extraordinarily steep, technical, and mentally challenging.