{"id":185,"date":"2012-09-17T15:25:03","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T15:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/?page_id=185"},"modified":"2013-11-05T17:00:12","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T00:00:12","slug":"bolivia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/bolivia\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolivia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-06a4f4c76de17bc4066146fee146c736-1\">\n\n    \t<div class=\"slideshowlink\">\n        <a href='http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/bolivia\/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\/bolivia\/bolivia3347.jpg\"\n               title=\"10.20.06 | At approximately 18,900 feet on Huayna Potosi,  climbers work their way through crevasses and ice cliffs (aka &quot;seracs&quot;).  Ascent was made in darkness, by headlamp and starlight.\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/bolivia\/bolivia3347.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/bolivia\/thumbs\/thumbs_bolivia3347.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"74\"\n               data-title=\"10.20.06 | glacier\"\n               data-description=\"10.20.06 | At approximately 18,900 feet on Huayna Potosi,  climbers work their way through crevasses and ice cliffs (aka &quot;seracs&quot;).  Ascent was made in darkness, by headlamp and starlight.\"\n               class=\"shutterset_06a4f4c76de17bc4066146fee146c736\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"10.20.06 | glacier\"\n                    alt=\"10.20.06 | glacier\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/bolivia\/thumbs\/thumbs_bolivia3347.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\/bolivia\/chacaltaya-before-after.jpg\"\n               title=\"10.20.06 | red line = 8\/11\/2006, orange line = 8\/11\/2008, Chacaltaya Glacier, Bolivia.This mountainside was once completely covered by a glacier. Remnants from the 1940s of what was once the world&#039;s highest ski  at 17,000 feet can still be seen on the ice. Experts estimate the glacier willbe entirely gone in the  next few years.\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/bolivia\/chacaltaya-before-after.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/bolivia\/thumbs\/thumbs_chacaltaya-before-after.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"75\"\n               data-title=\"8.11.06 | red line = 8\/11\/2006, orange line = 8\/11\/2008, Chacaltaya Glacier, Bolivia.This mountainside was once completely covered by a glacier. Remnants from the 1940s of what was once the world&#039;s highest ski  at 17,000 feet can still be seen on the ice. Experts estimate the glacier willbe entirely gone in the  next few years.\"\n               data-description=\"10.20.06 | red line = 8\/11\/2006, orange line = 8\/11\/2008, Chacaltaya Glacier, Bolivia.This mountainside was once completely covered by a glacier. Remnants from the 1940s of what was once the world&#039;s highest ski  at 17,000 feet can still be seen on the ice. Experts estimate the glacier willbe entirely gone in the  next few years.\"\n               class=\"shutterset_06a4f4c76de17bc4066146fee146c736\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"8.11.06 | red line = 8\/11\/2006, orange line = 8\/11\/2008, Chacaltaya Glacier, Bolivia.This mountainside was once completely covered by a glacier. Remnants from the 1940s of what was once the world&#039;s highest ski  at 17,000 feet can still be seen on the ice. Experts estimate the glacier willbe entirely gone in the  next few years.\"\n                    alt=\"8.11.06 | red line = 8\/11\/2006, orange line = 8\/11\/2008, Chacaltaya Glacier, Bolivia.This mountainside was once completely covered by a glacier. Remnants from the 1940s of what was once the world&#039;s highest ski  at 17,000 feet can still be seen on the ice. Experts estimate the glacier willbe entirely gone in the  next few years.\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/bolivia\/thumbs\/thumbs_chacaltaya-before-after.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\/bolivia\/mm7246_060809_-2440.jpg\"\n               title=\"8.9.06 | A full moon rises over the city lights of La Paz.  The coppery color of the moonrise is a result of smog and dust in the atmosphere.  Illimani, the 2nd highest mountain in Bolivia at 21,125\/6,439m, rises above the city. Every glacier in the central and northern Andes, has been in rapid retreat since the late 1970\u2019s. The lower glaciers are thinning at the average rate of 1.1 meters per year; the higher glaciers at 0.5 meters per year. With the human populations below the peaks dependant on the water stored in fast-shrinking glaciers like this one, trouble lies ahead if these melting trends continue.\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/bolivia\/mm7246_060809_-2440.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/bolivia\/thumbs\/thumbs_mm7246_060809_-2440.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"76\"\n               data-title=\"8.9.06 | A full moon rises over the city lights of La Paz.  The coppery color of the moonrise is a result of smog and dust in the atmosphere.  Illimani, the highest mountain in Bolivia at 21,125\/6,439m, rises above the city.Every glacier in the central and northern Andes, has been in rapid retreat since the late 1970\u00e2\u0080\u0099s. The lower glaciers are thinning at the average rate of 1.1 meters per year; the higher glaciers at 0.5 meters per year. With the human populations below the peaks dependant on the water stored in fast-shrinking glaciers like this one, trouble lies ahead if these melting trends continue.\"\n               data-description=\"8.9.06 | A full moon rises over the city lights of La Paz.  The coppery color of the moonrise is a result of smog and dust in the atmosphere.  Illimani, the 2nd highest mountain in Bolivia at 21,125\/6,439m, rises above the city. Every glacier in the central and northern Andes, has been in rapid retreat since the late 1970\u2019s. The lower glaciers are thinning at the average rate of 1.1 meters per year; the higher glaciers at 0.5 meters per year. With the human populations below the peaks dependant on the water stored in fast-shrinking glaciers like this one, trouble lies ahead if these melting trends continue.\"\n               class=\"shutterset_06a4f4c76de17bc4066146fee146c736\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"8.9.06 | A full moon rises over the city lights of La Paz.  The coppery color of the moonrise is a result of smog and dust in the atmosphere.  Illimani, the highest mountain in Bolivia at 21,125\/6,439m, rises above the city.Every glacier in the central and northern Andes, has been in rapid retreat since the late 1970\u00e2\u0080\u0099s. The lower glaciers are thinning at the average rate of 1.1 meters per year; the higher glaciers at 0.5 meters per year. With the human populations below the peaks dependant on the water stored in fast-shrinking glaciers like this one, trouble lies ahead if these melting trends continue.\"\n                    alt=\"8.9.06 | A full moon rises over the city lights of La Paz.  The coppery color of the moonrise is a result of smog and dust in the atmosphere.  Illimani, the highest mountain in Bolivia at 21,125\/6,439m, rises above the city.Every glacier in the central and northern Andes, has been in rapid retreat since the late 1970\u00e2\u0080\u0099s. The lower glaciers are thinning at the average rate of 1.1 meters per year; the higher glaciers at 0.5 meters per year. With the human populations below the peaks dependant on the water stored in fast-shrinking glaciers like this one, trouble lies ahead if these melting trends continue.\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/bolivia\/thumbs\/thumbs_mm7246_060809_-2440.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\/bolivia\/mm7246_060811_-2488.jpg\"\n               title=\"8.11.06 | Global warming has reduced Chacaltaya Glacier, a real glacier as recently as the 1970\u2019s, to patches of snow.  The glacier was so substantial, in fact, that the Club Andino Boliviano built a ski lift and small lodge on the site in 1940 for recreation. Poles from the former ski lift are still visible. Every glacier in the northern and central Andes, has been in retreat since the late 1970\u2019s.  Glaciers like this one are thinning at the average rate of 1.1 meters per year.\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/bolivia\/mm7246_060811_-2488.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/bolivia\/thumbs\/thumbs_mm7246_060811_-2488.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"77\"\n               data-title=\"8.11.06 | Global warming has reduced Chacaltaya Glacier, a real glacier as recently as the 1970\u00e2\u0080\u0099s, to patches of snow.  The glacier was so substantial, in fact, that the Club Andino Boliviano built a ski lift and small lodge on the site in 1940 for recreation. Poles from the former ski lift are still visible. Every glacier in the northern and central Andes, has been in retreat since the late 1970\u00e2\u0080\u0099s.  Glaciers like this one are thinning at the average rate of 1.1 meters per year.\"\n               data-description=\"8.11.06 | Global warming has reduced Chacaltaya Glacier, a real glacier as recently as the 1970\u2019s, to patches of snow.  The glacier was so substantial, in fact, that the Club Andino Boliviano built a ski lift and small lodge on the site in 1940 for recreation. Poles from the former ski lift are still visible. Every glacier in the northern and central Andes, has been in retreat since the late 1970\u2019s.  Glaciers like this one are thinning at the average rate of 1.1 meters per year.\"\n               class=\"shutterset_06a4f4c76de17bc4066146fee146c736\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"8.11.06 | Global warming has reduced Chacaltaya Glacier, a real glacier as recently as the 1970\u00e2\u0080\u0099s, to patches of snow.  The glacier was so substantial, in fact, that the Club Andino Boliviano built a ski lift and small lodge on the site in 1940 for recreation. Poles from the former ski lift are still visible. Every glacier in the northern and central Andes, has been in retreat since the late 1970\u00e2\u0080\u0099s.  Glaciers like this one are thinning at the average rate of 1.1 meters per year.\"\n                    alt=\"8.11.06 | Global warming has reduced Chacaltaya Glacier, a real glacier as recently as the 1970\u00e2\u0080\u0099s, to patches of snow.  The glacier was so substantial, in fact, that the Club Andino Boliviano built a ski lift and small lodge on the site in 1940 for recreation. Poles from the former ski lift are still visible. Every glacier in the northern and central Andes, has been in retreat since the late 1970\u00e2\u0080\u0099s.  Glaciers like this one are thinning at the average rate of 1.1 meters per year.\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/bolivia\/thumbs\/thumbs_mm7246_060811_-2488.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\/bolivia\/mm7246_060815_-2749.jpg\"\n               title=\"8.15.06 | In the Condoriri mountain group in the Cordillera Real, this glacier drains the mountains at the head of the valley below Pequeno Alpamayo. It has been in rapid retreat since the 1970\u201ds; the area from the right edge of the frame to the edge of the ice has been de-glaciated since that time.\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/bolivia\/mm7246_060815_-2749.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/bolivia\/thumbs\/thumbs_mm7246_060815_-2749.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"78\"\n               data-title=\"8.15.06 | glacier\"\n               data-description=\"8.15.06 | In the Condoriri mountain group in the Cordillera Real, this glacier drains the mountains at the head of the valley below Pequeno Alpamayo. It has been in rapid retreat since the 1970\u201ds; the area from the right edge of the frame to the edge of the ice has been de-glaciated since that time.\"\n               class=\"shutterset_06a4f4c76de17bc4066146fee146c736\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"8.15.06 | glacier\"\n                    alt=\"8.15.06 | glacier\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/bolivia\/thumbs\/thumbs_mm7246_060815_-2749.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\/bolivia\/mm7246_060815_-2799.jpg\"\n               title=\"8.15.06 | Cordillera Real, Bolivia. Situated in the Bolivian Andes mountain range, this glacier has been in rapid retreat since the late 1970s. Like virtually all other glaciers in the region, the lake area was once covered by ice.In the Condoriri mountain group of the Cordillera Real, this glacier drains the mountains to the left\/north of the Condoriri basecamp (the glacier has no specific name). All the area shown in this picture was covered by ice early in the early 1970&#039;s. The ice pulled back from the site of the lake in approximately the late 1980&#039;s.\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/bolivia\/mm7246_060815_-2799.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/bolivia\/thumbs\/thumbs_mm7246_060815_-2799.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"79\"\n               data-title=\"8.15.06 | glacier\"\n               data-description=\"8.15.06 | Cordillera Real, Bolivia. Situated in the Bolivian Andes mountain range, this glacier has been in rapid retreat since the late 1970s. Like virtually all other glaciers in the region, the lake area was once covered by ice.In the Condoriri mountain group of the Cordillera Real, this glacier drains the mountains to the left\/north of the Condoriri basecamp (the glacier has no specific name). All the area shown in this picture was covered by ice early in the early 1970&#039;s. The ice pulled back from the site of the lake in approximately the late 1980&#039;s.\"\n               class=\"shutterset_06a4f4c76de17bc4066146fee146c736\">\n                <img\n                    title=\"8.15.06 | glacier\"\n                    alt=\"8.15.06 | glacier\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/bolivia\/thumbs\/thumbs_mm7246_060815_-2799.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":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"page.gamma.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185"}],"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=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/extremeicesurvey.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}