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Fire Engulfs Gondola Station At Summit of Glacier 3000, Switzerland

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Shocking pictures reach us from Switzerland, where on Monday, September 19, 2022, the summit station of the Glacier 3000 gondola burst into flames. Glacier 3000 is a ski resort in the Swiss canton of Vaud, about 20 minutes from Gstaad and 40 minutes from Montreux. The fire appears to have started on the fourth floor of the upstairs restaurant “Botta” of […]

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Julia Schneemann | September 21, 2022
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European Heatwave Exposes Swiss Mountain Pass Covered in Ice Since Roman Times

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The Tsanfleuron Pass between Gstaad and Les Diablerets in Switzerland has been exposed for the first time in 2,000 years. The rocky pass was covered under thick ice measuring still 50ft (15m) as recently as 10 years ago. But the permafrost melt this year was about three times the 10-year average, after a below-average snowfall last winter and two heatwaves […]

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Julia Schneemann | September 14, 2022
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