Beautifull but frightening - melting glaciers in the eastern alps(28.02.2010 28.02.10 18:15)

Global Warming with all its effects is a hot topic!

Martin Zwick has taken up this topic and covered some of the large and important glaciers of the eastern alps in Austria and Italy in the National Parks Hohe Tauern and Stelvio.

His focus is to...

Back from Ethiopia(28.02.2010 28.02.10 17:54)

my three weeks Ethiopia expedition is over and I am back in my office.

Ethiopia was a pleasant surprise and I had very productive three weeks in very different environments. It started with the biggest orthodox festival called Timkat in Addis...

The Iron Gates - a landscape along the Danube in Romania and Serbia( 5.01.2010 5.01.10 10:36)

The Iron Gates of the river Danube, a fascinating landscape between Romania and Serbia. Nearly everybody knows the name but how the Iron Gates between Drobeta- Turnu Serverin and Beograd are in reality is quite unknown.

The canyon of the danube is...

Ruins in Naturbildportal?(23.10.2009 23.10.09 14:47)

Unilt the 60ies of the last century whaling station have operated on the remote antarctic island of South Georgia.

By now they are a symbol for mankinds greed for natural ressources and their exploitation to the brink of extinction. Thousends of...

Wool worth a fortune(11.10.2009 11.10.09 20:54)

The Inkas of South America appreciated their wool so much, that every commoner wearing a garment made of their wool was simple executed. Wearing their wool was the privilige of the king and selected noblemen.

The wool of the vicuna, one of the...