{"id":179,"date":"2012-09-17T15:24:10","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T15:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/?page_id=179"},"modified":"2013-11-05T16:59:03","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T23:59:03","slug":"alps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/alps\/","title":{"rendered":"Alps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-d857c503822f1676fc5b71f8686d93bd-1\">\n\n    \t<div class=\"slideshowlink\">\n        <a href='http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/alps\/nggallery\/slideshow'>[Show as slideshow]<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/alps-9-08-0021.jpg\"\n               title=\"9.17.08 | Crevasses and glacier travel in famed Vallee Blanche, the upper reaches of the Mer de Glace. In background of some views, the massive Brenva Face and summit of Mont Blanc are visible. In green: Olivier Greber, mountain guide. In gold, Didier Lavigne, mountain guide.\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/alps-9-08-0021.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/thumbs\/thumbs_alps-9-08-0021.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"42\"\n               data-title=\"9.17.08 | Crevasses and glacier travel in famed Vallee Blanche, the upper reaches of the Mer de Glace. In background of some views, the massive Brenva Face and summit of Mont Blanc are visible. In green: Olivier Greber, mountain guide. In gold, Didier Lavigne, mountain guide.\"\n               data-description=\"9.17.08 | Crevasses and glacier travel in famed Vallee Blanche, the upper reaches of the Mer de Glace. In background of some views, the massive Brenva Face and summit of Mont Blanc are visible. In green: Olivier Greber, mountain guide. In gold, Didier Lavigne, mountain guide.\"\n               class=\"shutterset_d857c503822f1676fc5b71f8686d93bd\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"9.17.08 | Crevasses and glacier travel in famed Vallee Blanche, the upper reaches of the Mer de Glace. In background of some views, the massive Brenva Face and summit of Mont Blanc are visible. In green: Olivier Greber, mountain guide. In gold, Didier Lavigne, mountain guide.\"\n                    alt=\"9.17.08 | Crevasses and glacier travel in famed Vallee Blanche, the upper reaches of the Mer de Glace. In background of some views, the massive Brenva Face and summit of Mont Blanc are visible. In green: Olivier Greber, mountain guide. In gold, Didier Lavigne, mountain guide.\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/thumbs\/thumbs_alps-9-08-0021.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:none;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/mm7246_060918_-4428.jpg\"\n               title=\"9.19.06 | A tourist walkway provides access to the Mer de Glace glacier in France.  It is a graphic indicator of the glacier\u2019s shrinkage.  In 1988, the platform in the upper right of the image reached the ice.  Over the next 18 years the glacier receded so much that downward  extensions of the walkway were successively added to allow visitors to touch the glacier.  Note the figure on landing in the middle of the stairway for scale.\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/mm7246_060918_-4428.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/thumbs\/thumbs_mm7246_060918_-4428.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"44\"\n               data-title=\"9.19.06 | A tourist walkway provides access to the Mer de Glace glacier in France.  It is a graphic indicator of the glacier\u00e2\u0080\u0099s shrinkage.  In 1988, the platform in the upper right of the image reached the ice.  Over the next 18 years the glacier receded so much that downward  extensions of the walkway were successively added to allow visitors to touch the glacier.  Note the figure on landing in the middle of the stairway for scale.\"\n               data-description=\"9.19.06 | A tourist walkway provides access to the Mer de Glace glacier in France.  It is a graphic indicator of the glacier\u2019s shrinkage.  In 1988, the platform in the upper right of the image reached the ice.  Over the next 18 years the glacier receded so much that downward  extensions of the walkway were successively added to allow visitors to touch the glacier.  Note the figure on landing in the middle of the stairway for scale.\"\n               class=\"shutterset_d857c503822f1676fc5b71f8686d93bd\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"9.19.06 | A tourist walkway provides access to the Mer de Glace glacier in France.  It is a graphic indicator of the glacier\u00e2\u0080\u0099s shrinkage.  In 1988, the platform in the upper right of the image reached the ice.  Over the next 18 years the glacier receded so much that downward  extensions of the walkway were successively added to allow visitors to touch the glacier.  Note the figure on landing in the middle of the stairway for scale.\"\n                    alt=\"9.19.06 | A tourist walkway provides access to the Mer de Glace glacier in France.  It is a graphic indicator of the glacier\u00e2\u0080\u0099s shrinkage.  In 1988, the platform in the upper right of the image reached the ice.  Over the next 18 years the glacier receded so much that downward  extensions of the walkway were successively added to allow visitors to touch the glacier.  Note the figure on landing in the middle of the stairway for scale.\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/thumbs\/thumbs_mm7246_060918_-4428.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:none;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/mm7246_060921_-5013.jpg\"\n               title=\"9.21.06 | Aerial view of Mont Blanc and the Mer de Glace glacier in France.\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/mm7246_060921_-5013.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/thumbs\/thumbs_mm7246_060921_-5013.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"45\"\n               data-title=\"9.21.06 | Aerial view of Mont Blanc and the Mer de Glace glacier in France.\"\n               data-description=\"9.21.06 | Aerial view of Mont Blanc and the Mer de Glace glacier in France.\"\n               class=\"shutterset_d857c503822f1676fc5b71f8686d93bd\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"9.21.06 | Aerial view of Mont Blanc and the Mer de Glace glacier in France.\"\n                    alt=\"9.21.06 | Aerial view of Mont Blanc and the Mer de Glace glacier in France.\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/thumbs\/thumbs_mm7246_060921_-5013.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:none;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/mm7246_060925_5318.jpg\"\n               title=\"9.25.06 | Swiss Alps, Trift Glacier.\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/mm7246_060925_5318.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/thumbs\/thumbs_mm7246_060925_5318.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"47\"\n               data-title=\"9.25.06 | Swiss Alps, Trift Glacier.\"\n               data-description=\"9.25.06 | Swiss Alps, Trift Glacier.\"\n               class=\"shutterset_d857c503822f1676fc5b71f8686d93bd\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"9.25.06 | Swiss Alps, Trift Glacier.\"\n                    alt=\"9.25.06 | Swiss Alps, Trift Glacier.\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/thumbs\/thumbs_mm7246_060925_5318.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:none;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-4\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/mm7246_060927_-5436.jpg\"\n               title=\"9.27.06 | Aerial view of the Rhone Glacier in the Swiss Alps, France.\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/mm7246_060927_-5436.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/thumbs\/thumbs_mm7246_060927_-5436.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"48\"\n               data-title=\"9.27.06 | Rhone Glacier\"\n               data-description=\"9.27.06 | Aerial view of the Rhone Glacier in the Swiss Alps, France.\"\n               class=\"shutterset_d857c503822f1676fc5b71f8686d93bd\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"9.27.06 | Rhone Glacier\"\n                    alt=\"9.27.06 | Rhone Glacier\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/thumbs\/thumbs_mm7246_060927_-5436.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:none;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-5\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/mm7246_060927_-5469.jpg\"\n               title=\"9.27.06 | Rhone Glacier.\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/mm7246_060927_-5469.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/thumbs\/thumbs_mm7246_060927_-5469.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"49\"\n               data-title=\"9.27.06 | Rhone Glacier.\"\n               data-description=\"9.27.06 | Rhone Glacier.\"\n               class=\"shutterset_d857c503822f1676fc5b71f8686d93bd\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"9.27.06 | Rhone Glacier.\"\n                    alt=\"9.27.06 | Rhone Glacier.\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/thumbs\/thumbs_mm7246_060927_-5469.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:none;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-6\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/mm7246_060927_-5691.jpg\"\n               title=\"9.27.06 | A waterfall descends beside the face of the Trift Glacier in Switzerland. Since 1860, the Trift has emptied a huge basin full of ice, pulling back 9100 feet (2800m.). The retreat in 2005 alone was nearly 700 feet (215m.). The vast majority of glaciers in the Alps are shrinking steadily and many will likely disappear in coming decades.\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/mm7246_060927_-5691.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/thumbs\/thumbs_mm7246_060927_-5691.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"50\"\n               data-title=\"9.27.06 | Waterfall meets icefall on the Trift Glacier\"\n               data-description=\"9.27.06 | A waterfall descends beside the face of the Trift Glacier in Switzerland. Since 1860, the Trift has emptied a huge basin full of ice, pulling back 9100 feet (2800m.). The retreat in 2005 alone was nearly 700 feet (215m.). The vast majority of glaciers in the Alps are shrinking steadily and many will likely disappear in coming decades.\"\n               class=\"shutterset_d857c503822f1676fc5b71f8686d93bd\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"9.27.06 | Waterfall meets icefall on the Trift Glacier\"\n                    alt=\"9.27.06 | Waterfall meets icefall on the Trift Glacier\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/thumbs\/thumbs_mm7246_060927_-5691.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:none;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-7\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/mm7246_060927_5409.jpg\"\n               title=\"9.27.06 | Oberer Grindelwald Gletscher, barely visible in center of rock gully.\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/mm7246_060927_5409.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/thumbs\/thumbs_mm7246_060927_5409.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"51\"\n               data-title=\"9.27.06 | Oberer Grindelwald Gletscher\"\n               data-description=\"9.27.06 | Oberer Grindelwald Gletscher, barely visible in center of rock gully.\"\n               class=\"shutterset_d857c503822f1676fc5b71f8686d93bd\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"9.27.06 | Oberer Grindelwald Gletscher\"\n                    alt=\"9.27.06 | Oberer Grindelwald Gletscher\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/thumbs\/thumbs_mm7246_060927_5409.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:none;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/mont-blanc3-5.jpg\"\n               title=\"10.10.12 | Mont Blanc\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/mont-blanc3-5.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/thumbs\/thumbs_mont-blanc3-5.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"52\"\n               data-title=\"10.10.12 | Mont Blanc\"\n               data-description=\"10.10.12 | Mont Blanc\"\n               class=\"shutterset_d857c503822f1676fc5b71f8686d93bd\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"10.10.12 | Mont Blanc\"\n                    alt=\"10.10.12 | Mont Blanc\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/alps\/thumbs\/thumbs_mont-blanc3-5.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:none;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"page.gamma.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/179"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}