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Article: The Alps frozen in time.(GEOGRAPHICAL ARCHIVE)
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- Geographical
- Article date:
- December 1, 2005
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During the 19th century, photography and mountaineering developed virtually side by side, and it was clear that sooner or later, they would be combined. One of the finest early exponents of Alpine photography was Vittorio Sella, whose work we feature in this month's archive, alongside that of several contemporaries
Above: the Aletsch glacier in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland, photographed by the Italian climber Vittorio Sella in 1891. At the time this photo was taken, the glacier flowed directly into Lake Marjelensee. Although Aletsch remains the longest glacier in Europe today, its edge has now retreated a significant distance from the lake's shore; Right: ...