Glacierworks

Reading earlier about Glacierworks


David Breashears is doing a lecture at the RGS tonight - still tickets available...


GlacierWorks is a non-profit organization that uses art, science, and adventure to raise public awareness about the consequences of climate change in the Greater Himalaya. By comparing our modern high-resolution imagery with archival photographs taken over the past century, we seek to highlight glacial loss and the potential for a greatly diminished water supply throughout Asia.
Founded in 2007 by mountaineer, photographer and filmmaker David Breashears, the GlacierWorks team has made eight expeditions to the Greater Himalaya. Retracing the steps of pioneering alpine photographers and explorers George Mallory and Vittorio Sella, among others, the team has captured new images that precisely match the earliest photographic records. Over the past five years, they have recorded losses and changes to glaciers that are inaccessible to all but the most skilled climbers.
Our high-resolution gigapixel photography enables viewers to experience the glaciers as never before: up-close and with extreme precision. Using these online tools, it is possible to soar thousands of feet above a glacier and view it in its entirety, or zoom down to the ground and explore pebbles in the ice . We believe that this approach will foster a deep understanding of the changes at work in this remote and frozen region, bringing awareness to the catastrophic effects that will ensue if immediate change is not enacted.

There are 4 HIMALAYAN GLACIERS that can be explored.
Also an exhibition of images at the RGS


Update: thanks to Steve Brace, and several other people for tipoff to the BBC AUDIO SLIDESHOW on Glaciers...

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