National Geographic March 1979

CONDITION 

·        Magazine – Good, clean, light reading and shelf wear

·        Tear Out guide still attached

CONTENTS

·        Triumph and Tragedy on Annapurna – An American women’s team conquers the world’s tenth tallest mountain. Then a fall takes the lives of two. Arlene Blum, Irene Miller, and Vera Komarkova relate their history-making Himalaya climb.

·        Belgium: One Nation Divisible – Wed politically after Waterloo, the Flemings and Walloons now plan an amicable separation—into autonomous regions under one king, flag, and constitution. Article by James Cerruti, with photographs by Martin Rogers.

·        Our National Wild Life Refuges—A Chance to Grow – At a critical juncture, writes National Geographic Society President Robert E Doyle, clear an equitable decisions are needed to assure the future of a vast public domain.

·        Island, Prairie, Marsh, and Shore – Four distinctly different wildlife refuges show their wonders to naturalist Charlton Ogburn and photographer Bates Littlehales. A special tear-out guide details many of the 390 preserves.

·        Denver, Colorado’s Rocky Mountain High – Drawing wealth and nourishment from plain and mountain, the mile-high state capital now serves as economic hub of an entire mid-continent region. John J Putman and David Cupp report.

·        Nigeria Struggles With Boom Times – After 19 years of independence, a key African nation strives to build a strong democracy to use its bonanza oil wealth to raise the standard of living of peoples long subjected to colonialism, corruption, and civil strife. Article by Noel Grove, photographs by Bruno Barbey.

COVER

·        A tufted puffin finds shelter on the Farallon Islands Refuge off San Francisco. Photograph by Bates Littlehales.

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