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Staubbach Falls Great St. Bernard Pass Dinaric Alps, Croatia Dolomite Alps, Italy The Alps, Tirol, Austria ibex, Mount Blanc, France
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Brian Cox documentary maker dies in Alps accident • June 11, 2025, 2:25 AM ET (The Telegraph)
Swiss glacier collapse renews focus on risks of climate change as glaciers retreat around the world • May 29, 2025, 10:28 PM ET (AP)
Search suspended for a missing man in Swiss glacier collapse that destroyed 90% of an Alpine village • May 29, 2025, 11:56 AM ET (AP)
Alpine village is largely destroyed when a Swiss glacier collapses • May 28, 2025, 8:35 PM ET (AP)
Swiss evacuate livestock by hoof and helicopter because of landslide risk over Alpine village • May 21, 2025, 12:01 PM ET (AP)

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Staubbach Falls
Great St. Bernard Pass
Dinaric Alps, Croatia
Dolomite Alps, Italy
The Alps, Tirol, Austria
ibex, Mount Blanc, France
Carnic Alps
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Life as the guardian of the Matterhorn mountain
The challenging life of Swiss mountain farmers
Fly over the Alps to behold the Wipp Valley at the Europabrücke and the Aletsch Glacier
Learn how researchers determine a possible outbreak of Avalanches
Hiking a historic trail in the Carnic Alps
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