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With regard to the project “On the Trails of the Glaciers” and its first expedition, hold in Karakorum in summer 2009, on October 15th 2010, a convention titled “1909-2009: One hundred years of glaciology and photography in Karakorum. Problems and results of a secular symbiosis”  will be held at the prestigious Italian Geographic Society. Among the speakers there will be prof. Claudio Smiraglia, prof. Kenneth Hewitt and Fabiano Ventura.

During the convention a selection of the prints of the photographic exhibition “On the Trails of the Glaciers. 1909-2009: one hundred years of climate change on Karakoram’s glaciers”, held last winter in Rome’s Sala S. Rita with great success, will be shown.

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The prestigious American magazine “American Scientist” published in the march-april 2010 - nr. 98 issue in the column “Sightings”, dedicated to the innovative use of photography in different scientific fields, an interview to Prof. Kenneth Hewitt, member of our scientific committee an one of the world’s experts in Karakorum glaciers. Prof. Hewitt describes in the interview the characteristics of these glaciers and the changes occurred to them during the past one hundred years. The interview comes with a comparison of historical and modern images.

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The prestigious French mountain magazine “Montagnes” published, in the April 2010 nr. 353 issue, an 8 pages article written by Prof. Kenneth Hewitt of our scientific committee, titled “On the trails of the Duke of Abruzzi – Karakorum’s glaciers one hundred years later”. In the article Hewitt describes the peculiarities of Karakorum’s glaciers and their changes occurred in the last one hundred years, which separate the former Duke of Abruzzi expedition from our expedition of 2009. Ample space is given in the article to the comparative photographs, that follow one after the other together with detailed captions.

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The prestigiuous american magazine “Issues in Science and Technology” published, in the winter issue, an article regarding the project “On the Trails of the Glaciers”. Published quarterly all over the world, especially in USA by the University of Texas at Dallas , “Issues” is an academic publication that deals with science e technology.

In the article Fabiano Ventura briefly retraces the steps of the first historical expeditions in Karakorum and then focuses on the motivations that drove him to plan the first expedition of the project and on the technical equipment.
Moreover, in the numerous pages of the article, ample space was given to the comparative photographs, that follow one after the other  together with detailed captions.

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From February, 25th to April, 1th 2010, the photographic exhibition “On the Trails of the Glaciers: 1909-2009: one hundred years of climate change on Karakoram’s glaciers” will be held at the Sala S. Rita of Rome.

The vernissage is on February, 24th 2010 at 18.00, at the Sala S. Rita of the Municipality of Rome, via Montanara 8, close to Piazza Venezia.

The exhibition, organized by Associazione Macromicro in collaboration with Enel Green Power and Zètema Progetto Cultura, promoted by the Assessorato alle Politiche Culturali e della Comunicazione del Comune di Roma, shows a comparison between historical and modern images of Karakorum’s glaciers, to study the changes in glaciers occurred during the past one hundred years to glaciers, significant environmental indicators of climate change on our planet.

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On Friday, 29th January 2010 at 21.15, within the mountain and exploration film festival “Views of summits”, organized by “Stefano Zavka” Association in Terni (Italy), Fabiano Ventura will present his project “On the Trails of the Glaciers” to the public.

The presentation will start showing the trailer of the documentary, which was realized by SD Cinematografica during the first expedition of the project. There will follow a discussion with the participation of Luigi Bignami, geologist and scientific journalist, Prof. Claudio Smiraglia, Professor at Milan’s University “Statale”, former President of the Italian Glaciological Committee, and Fabiano Ventura, mountain photographer and  leader of the project.

Furthermore, on Friday, 29th January 2010 at 17.30, Fabiano Ventura will hold a seminar on mountain photographic techniques, during which he will show his slideshow of 24 minutes “Vertical horizons”.

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“Il Venerdì di Repubblica”, the weekly insert of the italian daily newspaper “La Repubblica”, published an article by Luigi Bignami about the very early scientific results of the expedition to Karakorum planned for the project “On the Trails of the Glaciers”. The article retrace the base concepts of the project, and describes its present achievements.

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On December 18th, the “Il Venerdì di Repubblica” (available on newsstands in attachment to the newspaper “la Repubblica”) shows an article by Luigi Bignami about the first scientific results of the project “On the Trails of the Glaciers”.