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Taking the Montenvers cog-railway (built in 1908) to the Mer de Glace above Chamonix. The second longest glacier in the Alps it is both fascinating to visit and tragic when you see how far it has receded with the warmer climate. As you decend into the classic U-shaped glacial valley you pass year markers of where the ice reached ....the last 50 years are staggering.

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Christopher Reeves
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Taking the Montenvers cog-railway (built in 1908) to the Mer de Glace above Chamonix. The second longest glacier in the Alps it is both fascinating to visit and tragic when you see how far it has receded with the warmer climate. As you decend into the classic U-shaped glacial valley you pass year markers of where the ice reached ....the last 50 years are staggering.