Tag: ice

A Marriage of Glaciers

World + People

Nature

A Marriage of Glaciers

In the high-altitude region of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan, local villagers have devised a novel solution to water scarcity – grafting their own glaciers.

Klaudia Khan

Soul + Body

Wellbeing

Monks on Ice

The Tibetan Buddhist breathing technique ‘tummo’ creates inner heat. The practice of similar techniques might have helped the likes of Wim Hof to achieve the seemingly impossible in extreme cold.

Tomasz Wiśniewski

World + People

Nature

Time and Ice

According to Icelandic legends, the world started with a frozen cow. From its udders came the four rivers that nourished the world. An Icelandic writer reflects on the glaciers of his homeland.

Andri Snær Magnason

Flying Over a Frozen Lake

Soul + Body

Wellbeing

Flying Over a Frozen Lake

In the interwar period, Poland was the European capital of ice yachting. People still sail across the ice today.

Wojtek Antonów