Here is a link to a short video on BBC News about glaciers in the Himalayas. Mountaineer and photographer, David Breashears, took pictures of glaciers to see how the glaciers changed through time. The video shows pictures he took and pictures taken years earlier.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-15216875
Watch the video and answer these questions.
1. What is the meaning of ¨astonished¨?
2. Why is he astonished when he sees the picture from 1921 compared to the glacier as he sees it now?
3. Why is it difficult to understand the scale of the glaciers?
4. Why is he concerned about the glaciers?
What did you think of the video?
