• August 25, 2020
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Prepared by: Mira Sabbagh What is a glacier? Glaciers are a mass of slow-moving ice created when snow accumulation during the winter exceeds its melting during the summer. It is...

• April 30, 2020
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Cover Image: The upper part of the "Lendbreen" ice patch—covered with horse dung—after a big melt in 2019 Credit: Espen Finstad/Secretsoftheice.com Prepared by : Mario Fares The Study was outlined...

• March 24, 2020
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What is the difference between a Crevice and a crevasse?   Both terms come from the Anglo-French word crevasse, to break.       Crevasses form in the top layers...

• March 23, 2020
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Early Morning, on the 22nd of May 2019, Tima Deryan became the 1st Lebanese woman to summit mount Everest 8848m after spending more than 50 days on the mountain. [caption...

• March 23, 2020
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Ralph Kisso the 29 years-old Lebanese mountaineer made it to the summit of Mt Everest on May 22nd 2019 at 04:35am making this attempt the 6th out of 7 in...

• March 23, 2020
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Argentiere, Chamonix - French Alps. “On the mountain I was born and reborn over and over again” Samer Hajjar – Alpine climber, left this inspiring message after his climbing journey...

• March 22, 2020
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Ice forms when the temperature of water reaches 0 degrees Celsius. Road salt works by lowering the freezing point of water via a process called freezing point depression. The freezing...

• March 22, 2020
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A snowflake is formed when a cold water droplet freezes onto a nucleus (dust particles or pollen grains) in supersaturated clouds. Their shape is influenced by differing temperature and humidity...

• March 22, 2020
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Some snow, typically found in the alpine regions worldwide between 3,000 and 3,600 m, where snow persists even through the summer months, can appear pink or red. The color comes...

• March 21, 2020
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- Mount Kneisseh Canal 11 Trail Minimum elevation: 1,700m Maximum elevation 2,067m  CANAL 11 Distance: 9 Km Elevation gain: 400m Starting GPS readings: 33.8632400, 35.8241600 until you reach Channel 11...