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With infrastructure negotiations currently taking center stage in the United States’ political discourse, researchers at the University of Georgia (UGA) have published their findings on how a new approach to infrastructure maintenance would save federal and state governments millions of dollars... View full entry
The only exception is in the early months of the year, when the plummeting temperatures (-30°C is not uncommon) allow the Zanskar river to freeze and the pathless gorge to be negotiated. If you do not mind walking on the ice, that is. — BBC News
Paul Howard reports that the remote Himalayan region of Zanskar accessible only by frozen river, ice-bridge for as much as half the year will be connected to the outside via a new road, giving the community a permanent connection. Earlier this year Jonathan Mingle trekked "the Chadar", a... View full entry
