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11 Aug 2021 | Cryosphere

What can the past teach us about the future?

Ankita Shah & Samjhana Karki

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Interacting with 84-year-old Lopsang Lopchen (seated, with blue cap) and his family in Langtang. (Photo: Alina Englisch/ICMS)
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