Miners hold a statue of Saint Barbara, the patron saint of miners, as fireworks explode after a giant drill machine broke through the rock at
A musher competes in the fourth stage of La Grande Odyssey 2011 – an eleven-day race through the Alps, covering some 1,000 km (620 miles).
Swiss born Sofia de Meyer had the brillliant idea of creating Whitepod, a unique hotel concept than links man and nature in a very eco-friendly way,
Sometimes a morning sky can be a combination of serene and surreal. Such a sky perhaps existed before sunrise this past Sunday as viewed from
The Alps form a crescent stretching from the Mediterranean coasts of Italy and France to Vienna, Austria. On January 17, 2011, clear skies afforded the
Western Breithorn, European Alps. It is considered to be the easiest 4,000-meter peak for climbing. Photograph Victor Troyanov. to Chris
The Gotthard Base Tunnel, two parallel tubes of over 35 miles each through the Swiss Alps, is a ridiculously ambitious undertaking, one that has taken
