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Vanishing ice warning for 'Africa's Alps'

2014-03-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: In swirling snow, John Medenge prods a thin ice bridge over a crevasse with an iron-tipped spear, guiding climbers scaling the steep glacial wall using crampons and axes. "We are the last few who will climb on the ice, it is going so fast," said Medenge, after scaling the treacherous ridge up Mount Stanley, part of the dramatic Rwenzori mountain range straddling the border between Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo. At 5,109 metres (16,763 feet), Stanley's jagged peak is the third highest...

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