Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Further Reading:
Dahr Jamail - The End of Ice: dahrjamail.net/the-end-of-ice
National Geographic: nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/these-melting-mountain-peaks-could-kill-thousands-can-science-help
UNEP - Mer de Glace: unep.org/news-and-stories/story/thin-melting-ice
Britannica - Chamonix: britannica.com/place/Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Britannica - Horace Bénédict de Saussure: britannica.com/biography/Horace-Benedict-de-Saussure
Summitpost - Mountain Guiding: summitpost.org/a-short-introduction-to-the-history-of-mountain-guiding/915085
St Gervais flood: newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer/129155845
newspapers.com/article/daily-news/129155886
newspapers.com/article/daily-news/129155950
2020 glacier evacuation: newspapers.com/article/honolulu-star-advertiser/129155763
newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review/129155817
Eos: eos.org/editors-vox/mountains-undergo-enhanced-impacts-of-climate-change
Phys.org: phys.org/news/2022-10-glaciers-alps-faster-everand-worst.html

Archival Footage:
L'Ascension du Mont-Blanc, 1906: youtube.com/watch?v=Uy6nISWYvlI&ab_channel=StephendelRoser
Descending Mer de Glace, 1899: youtube.com/watch?v=LrQ45gFk3U0&ab_channel=BacktothePast
Argentina glacier collapse: youtube.com/watch?v=rl67WkUkBSQ&ab_channel=AFPNewsAgency
St Gervais glacier: youtube.com/watch?v=Lt6Dpwbspbo&ab_channel=AFPNewsAgency
2022 heatwaves: youtube.com/watch?v=S91HEBv_Gf0&ab_channel=DWNews
2022 Sahara dust storm: youtube.com/watch?v=mBbQbA7-VkQ&ab_channel=GlobalNews
Glacier at risk of collapse: youtube.com/watch?v=xP6dOn1dqVg&ab_channel=CBSMornings
Chamonix guides cancel ascents: youtube.com/watch?v=D8ugRe2vI_E&ab_channel=WION
Climate change on Mont Blanc: youtube.com/watch?v=p05YJ5if8Ew&ab_channel=ABCNews
Dolomites glacier collapse: youtube.com/watch?v=acNZxMxjB2s&ab_channel=DWNews

Archival Photos:
Library of Congress: loc.gov/item/2017660860
loc.gov/item/2022644001
loc.gov/item/94513980
loc.gov/item/94514113
loc.gov/item/94513961
loc.gov/item/94514921
loc.gov/item/94513957
loc.gov/item/94514125

Maps/graphics:
Chamonix glaciers map: https://www.e-rara.ch/zuz/content/zoom/10046588
Library of Congress: loc.gov/resource/gdcmassbookdig.storyofmontblanc00smit/?c=160&sp=1&st=gallery
loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.52908
Michel Gabriel Pacccard and Jacques Balmat: wiredforadventure.com/article/michel-gabriel-paccard-and-jacques-balmat
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure: scihi.org/horace-benedict-de-saussure
Public Domain Review: publicdomainreview.org/collection/sport-in-art
publicdomainreview.org/collection/mont-blanc-ascent

0:00 - Intro
1:22 - Sponsor
2:40 - The History
5:11 - Disappearing Ice
6:12 - The Mer de Glace
7:52 - Trekking Deeper
9:47 - Last Summer
12:09 - Melting Mountains
16:36 - Outro

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