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18+
110 E 2nd St.
Speakers
Kalee Kreider
National Geographic Society
Dawa Yangzum Sherpa
Tenzing Chogyal Sherpa
ICIMOD
Alex Tait
National Geographic Society
Go inside the National Geographic and Rolex expedition to Mt. Everest where an international, multidisciplinary team made scientific history. With stunning new visuals, VR technology and helicopter scans from nearly 23,000 feet, this session will feature first-person accounts from the team that installed the highest operating weather stations in the world, collected ice cores from the highest-recorded elevation, and completed the most detailed mapping of the entire Khumbu Glacier (the world’s highest), to better understand the dangerous impacts of climate change on the glaciers of the region that provide water resources to 1.6 billion people downstream.
Primary Entry: Music Badge, Platinum Badge, Film Badge, Interactive Badge
Format: Panel
Event Type: Session
Track: Climate & Social Action
Level: Beginner