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202 Earthy Bulgaria; Planet Ice

Travel with Rick Steves

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The Importance of Ice and Climate Interaction

I wanted to have authoritative voices. There's no way that I'm an expert in the way these gentlemen were. Richard Alley is probably the preeminent ice core researcher in the world. Avon Schenard is a famous ice climber and someone that I've encountered for decades. And he's also irascible and blunt. So you gain an appreciation, obviously. Now you talked about the third poll, the Himalayas. Yes. In Sanskrit, Himalaya, a boat of snow. Well, outside of the polar regions, it's the largest assemblage of ice. You mentioned half the world's water supply by some estimates comes from the Himalayan ice camp.

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