When we think of glaciers, polar bears and penguins often come to mind. Finches are more associated with backyards than icy ...

The glacier itself is cold, unrelenting, and unforgiving. However, a crevice filled with branches, leaves, and underbrush serves as a toasty home.

Launching in Santiago, Valparaíso and San Pedro de Atacama, Fernwayer’s private tours in Chile are led by passionate hosts with deep ties to their communities. Travelers will hear about the country’s ...

Green-Wood consists mostly of glacial till, an unstratified jumble of sands, cobbles, and clays. Clay is easier to handle than sand, which caves in on itself. The steeper the terrain, or the more ...

As a veteran climber and guide who had summited Everest multiple times, he knew that one bad slip on the loose scree and I could plummet 7,000 feet to the Rongbuk Glacier. Part of me agreed with ...

MANY GLACIER - Steve Lautenbach stopped short, breath steaming bright in the chill gloom, and interrupted his story about the hauntings, listening hard through a silence that weighed like ...

In reality, glacier finches are merely seeking the safest location to raise their young. The exact science behind building igloos applies to the small caves in which these finches build their nests.