National Geographic - November 1991, Vol. 180, No. 5
Zaire River: Lifeline for a Nation (Market, clinic, and
moving van, a flotilla of barges carries 5,000 passengers on a thousand-mile
journey through the African nation of Zaire.)
Japan’s Sun Rises
Over the Pacific (From TV factories in Thailand to golf courses in Australia,
investors from the world’s largest creditor nation spread prosperity to a
rapidly industrializing region.)
Alaska Highway:
Wilderness Escape Route (A World War II military road hacked out of the frigid
wilds of Canada and Alaska has become Main Street to a community of adventurers
and dreamers.)
Wetas: New Zealand’s
Insect Giants (Little changed in 200 million years, wingless insects called
wetas grow to the size of mice.)
Satellite Rescue
(Grabbed from the brink of a fiery fate by the shuttle Columbia, a
travel-scarred satellite promises to solve many mysteries about he environment
of space.)
Zaire River, Japan, Alaska Highway, Insect Giants, Satellite
Rescue.