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Since its inception, the Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research has made a constant commitment to alpine publications and to making their production possible.

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EVEREST / LHOTSE
Schweizer am Everest 1952 und 1956 [Swiss on Everest 1952 and 1956]

Text contributions: Oswald Oelz
Publisher: Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research
Released by AS Verlag [left in German]
160 pages, 120 illustrations, CHF 29.00 (ca. EURO 19.00)
Language: German
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About Oswald Oelz
ISBN 3-909111-23-8
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Sanjay Kumar Nepal/Thomas Kohler/ Bernhard Rudolf Banzhaf
Great Himalaya
Tourism and the Dynamics of Change in Nepal
Issued as a contribution to the “UNO Year of the Mountains 2002”
Color illustrations
Language: English
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92 pages CHF 20.00 (ca. EURO 15.00, US$ 18.00)
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Baffin Island – Arctic Expedition Summer 1953 – DVD
Documentary film by Marcello Weiss, Fritz Hans Schwarzenbach and Hans Weber
about the expedition of the Arctic Institute of North America and the Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research
Trilingual DVD, German, English, French; 35 minutes
CHF 35.00 (ca. EURO 23.00/ US$ 33.00) not including shipping costs
order directly from: Weissfilm GmbH, Chamerstrasse 175, 6300 Zug
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Alpiner Hochleistungstest 1969 [Alpine Performance Test 1969] – DVD
Under the patronage of the Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research
Documentary film and slide show on a single DVD (Author: Ruedi Homberger)
about an high-altitude medicinal performance test on Jungfrau Massif (Bernese Oberland)
CHF 25.00 (ca. Euro 17.00)
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Andrew Wilton/William Pars
Reise durch die Alpen – Voyage dans les Alps – Journey through the Alps
Illustrations: some in color
Language: German/English/French
Numbered edition CHF 40.- (ca. EURO 26.00)
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John Russel/Andrew Wilton
Turner in der Schweiz / in Switzerland
Illustrations: some in color
Language: German/English
Numbered edition CHF 90.- (ca. EURO 58.00)
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B. C. Olkschak
Ancient Bhutan. A Study on early Buddhism in the Himalayas
Illustrations: some in color
Language: English
With a map of Bhutan 1:500 000 CHF 45.- (ca. EURO 29.00)
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W. Amstutz
Schilthorn
Eine alpine Offenbarung – Révélation des Alps – An Alpine Revelation With 240 degree color panorama by Emil Schulthess
Black and white, panorama in color
Language: German/French/English
Numbered edition CHF 40.- (ca. EURO 26.00)
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Towards New Horizons – John Haller 1927 to 1984
Verlag der Fachvereine, ETH / Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research
Illustrations: some in color
Language: English
CHF 78.- (ca. EURO 50.00)
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Mountains of the world
A series of books from researchers and mountain climbers

This books series was released between 1946 and 1969 and contains 17 volumes. At first released annually and from 1956 on every two years. Edited and published by the foundation, they were also printed under license as single titles by other publishers. Circulation varied and sometimes reached more than 12,000 copies per volume. All books are now out of print.

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