We stood imperially on the summit of this wondrous peak. We had conquered the mighty North face of the Eiger, the most treacherous ascent in the Alps. Daniel Anker and I sat astonished on the summit grinning insanely at each other, unable to fathom words to describe our exultation. We watched the sky in awe as clouds rolled by. Just then, Daniel, who was naturally anxious about practically everything, spotted a group of storm clouds approaching menacingly towards our position. "Stop being
great river of the southeast. Rising in the Alps, it passes through Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman) to enter France, which has 324 miles of its total length of 505 miles. At Lyon it receives its major tributary, the Saône. In eastern France the direction of the main rivers is predominantly north-south through the Alpine furrow. The regime of the Rhône is complex. Near Lyon the Rhône and its important Isère and Drôme tributaries, draining from the Alps, have a marked late spring-early summer peak
The Brown bears population in Europe was on the brink of extinction in western Europe and a team of scientists teamed up to create a healthy balance and now the population is steady growing and healthy as ever. The Brown bear ( Urcus Arctos ) or more is a species of bear with a population of around 200,000 mostly in North America and the Russian Federation . Deemed as least concerned on the conservation status International Union for Conservation of Nature or ICUN for short. With a fairly large
Otzi the iceman was found in the Otztal Alps, hence the nickname "Ötzi". It was discovered by two German tourists in 1991 who were walking a path between two mountains. It was recovered by the Austrian authorities and taken to Innsbruck, where its true age was finally discovered. It is now on display at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bozen-Bolzano, Italy. Otzi was a glacier mummy, meaning his body had been preserved in the ice. Experts figured out that he was a 30-45 year old man that
Witchcraft trials were prevalent throughout medieval history, especially throughout the continents of North America and Europe. The propose of these witchcraft trials was to identify those that appeared to be practicing witchcraft, place them on trial, and ultimately punish them for their alleged heretical beliefs and behaviors. These hunts and trials were often sanctioned by high ranking members of the church. One such high ranking supporter was Pope Innocent VIII, who not only acted as the
acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 2008. Balthus oil painting is representational illustration of the imaginary plateau near the top of the Niederhorn, in the Bernese Oberland, a landscape familiar to Balthus since childhood, during his summer as a teenager his mother took him to the Swiss Alps, where he became an assistant to the Swiss Sculptor, Margit Bay, who was a member of an art-and- crafts with anthroposophical leaning and one of Balthus first commission was to paint
as Byron implies his incestuous affair with his half-sister, Augusta and wanting to find salvation. Byron influenced by his own failed marriage with Annabelle and the flood of rumors that were flaring, fled to Switzerland. During a tour in the Bernese Alps, Byron expressed his anguish in writing Manfred. Manfred, miserably tormented by guilt, summons seven spirits but in return are unable to grant his plea in changing his past life events. In despair, Manfred attempts suicide fails again as a chamois
The Alps Average altitude 1700 m (5576 ft.). The Alps determine the climate and vegetation, providing a continental watershed. While the Alps contribute enormously to the Swiss identity, economic activity is concentrated in the Plateau. The Platue Depopulated mountain regions Two thirds of the country is covered by mountains, ice, rocks, forests and alpine meadows. 11 per cent of the population live in the mountain regions. Urbanized landscape If you travel across the Plateau, from Lake
Author Jerry Frank explains how art not only captures a beautiful scene, but informs the public on what is considered beautiful. “In this light, the paintings of Thomas Cole, Frederick Church, Albert Bierstadt, and others during the nineteenth century provided more than exquisite examples of landscape art. They infused an idealized natural world with the spirit of God, thereby transforming a hectic and dark wilderness of the imagination into places of perceived beauty and reverence. To those fortunate