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  • A massive Boeing Chinook helicopter lifts concrete and heavy steel used to  assemble a tram station atop 11,166-foot Lone Mountain at Montana's Big Sky Ski Area - a difficult and dangerous project.
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  • Construction workers assemble a tram station atop 11,166-foot Lone Mountain at Montana's Big Sky Ski Area, a difficult and dangerous project.
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  • A Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) walks dangerously close to a photographer in Yellowstone National Park.
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  • A Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), easily navigates downed timber in Yellowstone National Park.
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  • A Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), easily navigates downed timber in Yellowstone National Park.
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  • A Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), easily navigates downed timber in Yellowstone National Park.
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  • A Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), easily navigates downed timber in Yellowstone National Park.
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  • A Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), easily navigates downed timber in Yellowstone National Park.
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  • A Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), easily navigates downed timber in Yellowstone National Park.
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  • A Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), easily navigates downed timber in Yellowstone National Park.
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  • A Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), easily navigates downed timber in Yellowstone National Park.
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  • In preparation for blasting, underground coal miners in Spitsbergen, Norway place roof braces in a one meter thick seam deep under and arctic mountain.
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  • Working under an unusual treaty, Soviet miners drill for coal deep in a mountain on Norway's Spitsbergen Island, far north of the Arctic Circle.  This mine rose above now-shuttered Soviet hamlet of Pyramiden, a location almost never visited by any foreigners.
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  • Norwegian coal miners work in a narrow seam deep underground in a mine on Spitsbergen Island, far north of the Arctic Circle.
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  • Working deep underground on a polar island, a Norwegian coal miner operates heavy machinery dragging coal out of seams where it has been blasted loose from the bedrock.
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  • Construction workers assembling a tram station atop 11,166-foot Lone Mountain at Montana's Big Sky Ski Area guide a heavy beam assembly being lowered by a massive Chinook helicopter
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  • A huge Sikorsky Skycrane helicopter lowers prefabricated steel beam structures into place for a new tram station atop 11,166-foot Lone Mountain at Montana's Big Sky Ski Area.
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  • A miner drives a trainload of coal out of a deep underground mine situated on Norway's arctic Spitsbergen Island, far north of the Arctic Circle.
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  • Women coal miners ride a company bus back home to Longyearbyen, Norway's northernmost town (78deg.N).
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  • Mountaineer Sam Lightner (MR) rappels down dangerous loose, crumbling rock in slot canyons below Shipton's Arch in arid Kara Tagh Mountains near Kashgar and the Taklimakan Desert.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Piotr Terentév, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, drives his team along a dangerous melting stream in search of fishing holes.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Piotr Terentév, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, drives his team along a dangerous melting stream in search of fishing holes.
    RUe 070417-230.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Piotr Terentév, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, drives his team along a dangerous melting stream in search of fishing holes.
    RUe 070417-176.jpg
  • Crosses commemorate accident victims on U.S. Highway 191 through Gallatin Canyon, between Bozeman and Big Sky, Montana, one of nation's more dangerous roads.
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  • Crosses commemorate accident victims on U.S. Highway 191 through Gallatin Canyon, between Bozeman and Big Sky, Montana, one of nation's more dangerous roads.
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  • Crosses commemorate accident victims on U.S. Highway 191 through Gallatin Canyon, between Bozeman and Big Sky, Montana, one of nation's more dangerous roads.
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  • A four-wheel drive van crosses a dangerous, often-washed-out bridge over a river near Rinchenlhumbe in northern Mongolia's Darhad Valley.   Behind are the Horidal Saridag Mountains.
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  • Mountaineer Sam Lightner, Jr. climbs treacherous conglomerate rock on Shipton’s Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the hazy Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China. Later the expedition crossed the range by descending the dangerous and unexplored slot canyon below him.
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  • Mountaineer Sam Lightner, Jr. climbs treacherous conglomerate rock on Shipton’s Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the hazy Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China. Later the expedition crossed the range by descending the dangerous and unexplored slot canyon below him.
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  • Mountaineer Sam Lightner, Jr. climbs treacherous conglomerate rock on Shipton’s Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China. Later the expedition crossed the range by descending the dangerous and unexplored slot canyon behind  him.
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  • Sam Lightner (MR) climbs huge dangerous crumbling conglomerate rock on huge Shipton's Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains near Kashgar & the Taklimakan Desert. Nancy Feagin belays.
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  • Mountaineer Mark Newcomb climbs treacherous conglomerate rock on Shipton’s Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the hazy Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China. Later the expedition crossed the range by descending the dangerous and unexplored slot canyon below him.
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  • A four-wheel drive van crosses a dangerous, often-washed-out bridge over a river near Rinchenlhumbe in northern Mongolia's Darhad Valley.   Behind are the Horidal Saridag Mountains.
    MGe 060702-094.jpg
  • WINTER DRIVING. Dangerous and slippery conditions on Snoqualmie Pass, Interstate 90, east of Seattle Washington.
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  • WINTER DRIVING. Dangerous and slippery conditions on Snoqualmie Pass, Interstate 90, east of Seattle Washington.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, Piotr Terentév, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder, drives his team along a dangerous melting stream in search of fishing holes.
    RUe 070417-200.jpg
  • Crosses commemorate accident victims on U.S. Highway 191 through Gallatin Canyon, between Bozeman and Big Sky, Montana, one of nation's more dangerous roads.
    MTe 080618-449.jpg
  • Crosses commemorate accident victims on U.S. Highway 191 through Gallatin Canyon, between Bozeman and Big Sky, Montana, one of nation's more dangerous roads.
    MTe 080618-425.jpg
  • Crosses commemorate accident victims on U.S. Highway 191 through Gallatin Canyon, between Bozeman and Big Sky, Montana, one of nation's more dangerous roads.
    MTe 080618-418.jpg
  • MONGOLIA.   Four-wheel drive van crosses dangerous bridge over river near Rinchenlhumbe in Darhad Valley.  This bridge washes out regularly in floods. Horidal Saridag Mountains bkg.
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  • Expedition skiers on the classic European Haute Route cross Switzerland's Col du Sonadon in sudden and dangerous storm.
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  • Mountaineer Sam Lightner, Jr. climbs treacherous conglomerate rock on Shipton’s Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China. Later the expedition crossed the range by descending the dangerous and unexplored slot canyon behind him.
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  • A ski mountaineer - dwarfed by India's Great Himalaya Range - climbs out of the Warwan River Gorge as a storm approaches and avalanche danger builds.
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  • A sign warns of the dangers of leaving established boardwalks at Midway Geyser Basin in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.
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  • Tourists wander dangerously close to Elk grazing in Yelowstone National Park, Wyoming. Dome Mountain rises in the background.
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  • Tourists wander dangerously close to Elk grazing in Yelowstone National Park, Wyoming. Dome Mountain rises in the background.
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  • Tourists wander dangerously close to Elk grazing in Yelowstone National Park, Wyoming. Dome Mountain rises in the background.
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  • Tourists wander dangerously close to Elk grazing in Yelowstone National Park, Wyoming. Mount Holmes rises in the background.
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  • Tourists wander dangerously close to Elk grazing in Yelowstone National Park, Wyoming. Mount Holmes rises in the background.
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  • A sign warns skiers of the dangers of leaving Mount Baker Ski Area and entering Mount Baker Wilderness, where many seek abundant powder snow.
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  • A sign warns visitors of ocean dangers at North Beach in Point Reyes National Seashore, California.
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  • A sign warns visitors of ocean dangers at North Beach in Point Reyes National Seashore, California.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Ski mountaineer Mike Farny jumps icy serac on Mount Berry, Calley Glacier, Danco Coast during Warren Miller ski movie filming.
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  • A mountain biker rides on a trail near the town of Banff in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
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  • A mountain biker jumps in the bike park at Telluride ski area, Colorado.
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  • A mountain biker jumps in the bike park at Telluride ski area, Colorado.
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  • A mountain biker steers between fall colored aspens in the bike park at Telluride ski area, Colorado.
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  • A mountain biker steers between fall colored aspens in the bike park at Telluride ski area, Colorado.
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  • A mountain biker rides down steep trails in the bike park at Telluride ski area, Colorado.
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  • A mountain biker rests below aspen trees in the bike park at Telluride ski area, Colorado.
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  • A mountain biker performs a "wheelie" as he speeds down a steep trail in the bike park at Telluride ski area, Colorado.
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  • A mountain biker performs a "wheelie" as he speeds down a steep trail in the bike park at Telluride ski area, Colorado.
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  • A photography class shoots mountain bikers riding on a single track trail near Mount Rundle in Banff National Park, near Banff, Alberta, Canada
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  • A photography class shoots mountain bikers riding on a single track trail in Banff National Park, near Banff, Alberta, Canada
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  • A photography class shoots mountain bikers riding on a single track trail near Mount Rundle in Banff National Park, near Banff, Alberta, Canada
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  • A photography class shoots mountain bikers riding on a single track trail near Mount Rundle in Banff National Park, near Banff, Alberta, Canada
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  • A photography class shoots mountain bikers riding on a single track trail near Mount Rundle in Banff National Park, near Banff, Alberta, Canada
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  • A photography class shoots mountain bikers riding on a single track trail near Mount Rundle in Banff National Park, near Banff, Alberta, Canada
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  • Mountain biker David Kinn takes a jump on single-track trail in Banff National Park, near Banff, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Andrew Pohlmann mountain biking on single-track trail in Banff National Park, near Banff, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Expedition members exult after the first ascent of the north face of Great Sail Peak, an arctic big wall climb on Canada's Baffin Island.
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  • National Geographic photography seminar documents rock climbing on Rundle Rock near town of Banff in Alberta's Banff National Park, Canada.
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  • Young skiers and snowboards ride over jumps and in a half pipe in a terrain park at Big Sky Resort, Montana
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  • Young skiers and snowboards ride over jumps and in a half pipe in a terrain park at Big Sky Resort, Montana
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  • Young skiers and snowboards ride over jumps and in a half pipe in a terrain park at Big Sky Resort, Montana
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  • Ben Wiltsie (MR) skis aerial manouvers and flips in half pipe in terrain park at Big Sky Ski Resort, near Bozeman, Montana. 11,166-foot Lone Mountain is in bkg. of most pictures.
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  • SKIING. Ben Wiltsie (MR) skis aerial manouvers and flips in half pipe in terrain park at Big Sky Ski Resort, near Bozeman, Montana.
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  • Ben Wiltsie (MR) skis aerial manouvers and flips in half pipe in terrain park at Big Sky Ski Resort, near Bozeman, Montana. 11,166-foot Lone Mountain is in bkg. of most pictures.
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  • As rapidly-approaching spring melts snow on the arctic Russian tundra, Alexei Semyashkin, a nomadic Komi reindeer herder,  charges with his team through a pool atop the permafrost.  Within weeks these pools will generate enough mosquitoes to drive both men and reindeer nearly insane, at which point they will migrate again to drier mountains further north.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, reindeer crush together in panic and climb atop each other in a temporary pen as nomadic Komi reindeer herders capture some of them to pull their sleds.
    RUe 070414-276.jpg
  • A controlled slash fire burns amid aspens and Douglas fir in the Montana's northern Gallatin Mountains near Bozeman.
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  • Filchner Mountains, Antarctica.	Alex Lowe bivouacs near the summit of Troll's Castle.
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  • Alex Lowe & Conrad Anker exult after climbing Rakekniven spire in the Filchner Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.  (Picture 009)
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  • Conrad Anker ascends a rope high on Rakekniven ("The Razor"), a towering granite fin in the Filchner Mountains of Antarctica's Queen Maud Land.  Behind are the Fenris Mountains.
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  • An archaeologist climbs up to a rare unlooted pre-Incan tomb.
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  • Mountaineer Sam Lightner (MR) descends a slot canyon below huge Shipton's Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains near the Taklimakan Desert in China's Xinjiang province.
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  • Roger Schley stands atop Blacksmith Peak on the northern boundary of Yosemite National Park in the Sierra Nevada of California.  circa 1974
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  • Roger Schley struggles with a difficult climbing move on the east face of 14,153’ Mount Sill above the Palisade Glacier of the Sierra Nevada.
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  • Roger Schley & Jay Jensen rest after climbing the east face of Mount Sill, a difficult route in the Palisades region of the Sierra Nevada.  Mounts North Palisade, Starlight Peak and Thunderbolt Peak rise in the background.
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  • Alex Lowe solo climbs difficult Practice Wall (5.11), a rock climb in Hyalite Canyon, near Bozeman, Montana.
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  • John Fischer ascends a rope below Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, California.  Half Dome rises above Tenaya Canyon in the background.
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  • A climber ascends a boulder in the Buttermilk Rocks, near Bishop, California.  Mount Tom in the Sierra Nevada rises behind him.
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  • Young snake charmers play with their reptiles during a Hindu pilgrimage to Amarnath Cave in the Great Himalaya Range of Kashmir, India.
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  • Alex Lowe (MR) climbs on Peak 3950m ("Pyramid Peak") in Antarctica's Ellsworth Mountains.
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  • Mountaineers Tom Day and Mike Farny peer into a crevasse on the Calley Glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Ski mountaineer Mike Farny (MR) jumps icy serac on Mount Berry above Calley Glacier, Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.
    AM 0851.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Ski mountaineer Mike Farny jumps icy serac on Mount Berry, Calley Glacier, Danco Coast during Warren Miller ski movie filming.
    AM 0848.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Mount Vinson Expedition. Dr.Lis Densmore (MR) builds snow wall below continent's highest summit to protect camp from high polar winds. Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains.
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  • A mountain biker speeds around a banked turn in the bike park at Telluride ski area, Colorado.
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  • A photography class shoots mountain bikers riding on a single track trail near Mount Rundle in Banff National Park, near Banff, Alberta, Canada
    MBe 080912-065.jpg
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