Alai! Alai ! Arbeiten Und Erlebnisse Der Deutsch-Russischen Alai- Pamir Expedition

Leipzig: F.A. Brockhais, 1930 300 ppth 90 B&W illustrations, 25 diagrams, 2 foldout panoramas, and a large map in an attached envelope after text. Text in German. The German-Soviet Alay-Pamir Expedition (also known as the German-Russian Alay-Pamir Expedition) was undertaken in 1928 by the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and the Emergency Association of German Science. Along with the scientists, four mountaineers from the German and Austrian Alpine Club also participated. The five-month-long expedition to the Alay Valley and the Trans-Alay Range in Pamir was under the direction of Nikolai Petrovich Gorbunov and the organizational leadership of Willi Rickmer Rickmers, the book's author.. he Soviet participants were responsible for mineralogy, petrography and geodetic/astronomical research, while the Germans were responsible for geology, surveying, mapping, glaciology and linguistics. About 400 photogrammetric images were taken to map the region. The Fedchenko Glacier was also measured for the first time, which is the longest glacier outside of the polar regions. . Wikipedia. This book has been stored in a complely enclosed cardboard case and is "as new' except for two bookplates on the front endpapers.one booklpate is from American financier and adventurer, Steve Fossett.. 1st Ed.. Cased Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.