Alps
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Number two: the Roman historian Livy’s book about the Second Punic War, with Rome against the invading North African armies from Carthage and Hannibal’s war elephants crossing the Alps.
From the vantage point of our helicopter above the Alps, you can make out scars and dimples from recent avalanches.
From BBC
Scientists are warning that glaciers in the Austrian Alps are not just shrinking, but are disintegrating, because of climate change.
From BBC
Winter sports attention will switch after these Games to French Alps 2030, which will be the 15th edition of the Winter Paralympics.
From BBC
She struggled with it, she confronted it, and finally, on a clear day in the Alps, she conquered it again, weeping at the finish line.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.