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Avalanche Safety Videos Explore Risk on the Mountain

Posted by Jeff Hertrick of National Geographic Society on April 22, 2013
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Spectacular avalanche video shot from helicopters with critical facts about survival. Then, the Teton County, Wyoming Search and Rescue Team and its K-9 rescue dogs perform a "live" rescue when a skier gets "trapped" in an avalanche and is buried alive.
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After this weekend’s fatal avalanche accident in Colorado, National Geographic News explored avalanche safety tips. We embedded an avalanche video with that article, but we found more great videos on this topic, so we are embedding them below. Like weather and the chance for a thunderstorm, the probability of avalanches can be predicted. In the…

March 17, 2013: Getting Married at the North Pole, Cage-Free Swimming With Great Whites and More

Posted by Justin O'Neill in NG Weekend Radio Show on March 19, 2013
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On this week’s show, meet a woman who free-dives with great white sharks, a man who skied to the North Pole in the darkness of winter, and photographers who can turn such darkness into a colorful portrait of a world we can’t see.

Springtime for Phoenix, Summer on Triton

Posted by Victoria Jaggard of National Geographic News on April 7, 2010
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Update: Even as I was typing this, the HiRISE team was posting a brand-new picture of a Martian avalanche! Check it out below … Spring is in bloom on Earth’s Northern Hemisphere, melting snows, coaxing out budding leaves on trees, and otherwise making its mark on the landscape. On northern Mars, spring has been revving…