Imagine yourself and your favorite travel partner dangling in your own private little gondola, gliding silently for 40 minutes as you cross the Mer de Glace, or “sea of ice.” You just left the last ...
The world’s glaciers are disappearing. Climate change skeptics are not. The people who study our oceans and skies worry about both of these phenomena. But in wide swaths of 21st century America, the ...
Imagine you and your favorite travel partner dangling in your own private little gondola, gliding silently for 40 minutes as you float above the crags and crevasses of the vast Géant Glacier. On your ...
CHAMONIX, France — Monday, our fifth and final day in the Alps, dawned crystal clear. This was what we had waited for, through a gray weekend, after turning back two days earlier on a rain-slick ...
Buried deep in snow at 2,100 metres (6,889ft) in the ski resort of Chamonix in the French Alps – in the shadow of Mont Blanc – a scurrying sound is coming from above. It’s followed by panting and ...
The first Winter Olympics were held nearly one century ago in Chamonix, France, in the French Alps, in January 1924 Known then as "International Sports Week," the very first Winter Olympics were held ...
A mum leaves her toddler and partner at home to embark on solo "therapy" holidays. Her escapades have included a four-hour ...