Going to work on a high Nov 16, 2009
Image caption: Joan and Martin Fischer at work in the Jungfraujoch research station (swissinfo ... Shovelling snow, monitoring experiments, giving a bed to up to 20 scientists the married couple who run the research station on the Jungfraujoch mountain ridge have their hands full all year round ... Shovelling snow, monitoring experiments, giving a bed to up to 20 scientists the married couple who run the research station on the Jungfraujoch mountain ridge have their hands full all year... (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
Hi-tech weapon Oct 1, 2009
By Imogen Foulkes BBC News, Jungfrau ... Now the Swiss region of the Jungfrau, which is classed as a Unesco Heritage Site, is hoping to show the world exactly what global warming looks like, in the form of a graphic interactive guide along its hiking trails ... Sammy SalmJungfrau tourist office. (BBC News -- Technology)
Grand Raid battled up and down the Swiss Alps Aug 24, 2009
Other successful races include the Swiss Alpine Marathon (24 races), the Jungfrau marathon (17 races) and the Zermatt marathon (nine races). As for mountain bike races, the Grand Raid holds the longevity award (20 races) as well as the one for the greatest number of participants. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
Swiss Police End Search for Missing U.S. Boy, 12 May 26, 2009
The Truemmelbach falls, which drain glacial waters from the country's famous Eiger, Moench and Jungfrau mountains, are part of the UNESCO world heritage site for Switzerland's Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn glaciers. Thousands of tourists visit year to see 5,000 gallons of water rage through the rock each second. (Fox News)
Search for Boy May 25, 2009
LAUTERBRUNNEN, Switzerland Swiss police were searching Sunday for a 12-year-old American boy missing near the Truemmelbach waterfall, which drains glacier waters from the country's famous Eiger, Monk and Jungfrau mountains ... The Truemmelbach Falls are part of the UNESCO world heritage site for the massive Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn glaciers. (Fox News)
