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NIEVES PENITENTES IN HIMALAYA William Hunter Workman 1908
By Workman, William Hunter
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Reprint from the UK Alpine Journal, 1908. 10 pp, 3 photos. Workman gives the first discussion of Nieves Penitentes in the Himalaya, or more properly the Karakoram or Indian Himalaya. Up until then they were most prominently seen in the Andes and on Mount Kilimanjaro, as well as the Alps. Cover soiled on top, else Fine.
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