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Mountains

"We keep on talking about doing a book together," says Madeleine Nash, of working with her husband, Thomas (above, at the South Pole).

Extreme Persistence

Madeleine and Thomas Nash braved high altitudes and frigid temperatures for “Chronicling the Ice”

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Mountains of Pain

For centuries the silver-rich Bolivian Andes have produced astonishing wealth —and an equal measure of human hardship

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Mount Athos, Where “Every Stone Breathes Prayers”

At this remote sanctuary, art and religion have intertwined for 1,000 years

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The Changing Face of Stone Mountain

In the shadow of a towering Confederate memorial — and a difficult history — a small Georgia town looks to the future

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