Mer de Glace
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The Mer de Glace is a valley glacier located on the northern slopes of the Mont Blanc massif, in the French Alps. It is 7.5 km long and 200 metres deep, but when all its tributary glaciers are taken i
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Mer de Glace, 2011
Aiguille du Dru in 2006
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Chamonix
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Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, more commonly known simply as Chamonix, is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France. It was the site of the first Winter
Mer de Glace
…William Coxe 1777 The glacier lies above the Chamonix valley. The pressure within the ice is known to reach at least 30 atmospheres. The Mer de Glace can be considered as originating at an elevation of…
The Chamonix Valley seen in 2010 from La Flégère with Mont Blanc in the background
Horace Bénédict de Saussure, with Jacques Balmat (left) who points towards the summit of Mont Blanc, Monument at Chamonix.
Chamonix Valley: crossing the glacier on foot (between 1902 and 1904)
Front and façade of the Chamonix-Mont-Blanc railway station.