Beautiful photographs Dr. Chadwell. Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 3:51 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks a lot, Chadwell ji. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: C CHADWELL <[email protected]> > Date: 10 December 2016 at 05:07 > Subject: Botanizing in Ladakh Part I - Exploring across Durung Drung > glacier, Zanskar > To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> > > > When camped on Pensi La decided to explore across glacier to see what > plants grew > across the other side. Not that many species but a fascinating selection > - mostly mat or > mound-forming to cope with extreme conditions incl. high winds. > > A long and tiring day. > > This glacier is apparently, at some 23km, the longest in Ladakh other than > Siachen (in the Karakoram) at an > average height of about 4800m. > > Only went as far as Rangum Gompa in the Suru Valley on my first visit to > the region on the University of Southampton Ladakh > Expedition in 1980, so pleasing to cross the Pensi La into Zanskar proper > some years later. > > 1. Durung-Drung glacier near Pensi La, Zanskar > > 2. Durung-Drung glacier near Pensi La, Zanskar > > 3. Approaching Durung-Drung glacier near Pensi La, Zanskar > > 4. Crevasse in Durung-Drung glacier near Pensi La, Zanskar > > 5. On Durung-Drung glacier near Pensi La, Zanskar > > 6. On Durung Durung-Drung glacier near Pensi La, Zanskar > > 7. Chris' team on Durung-Drung glacier near Pensi La, Zanskar > > 8. Hole deeper than our rope was long! Durung-Drung glacier near Pensi La, > Zanskar > > 9. Boulder on 'pedestal' Durung-Drung glacier near Pensi La, Zanskar > (Chris Chadwell) - > the sun's rays cannot penetrate to heat and melt the ice below the > boulder, resulting in the > 'pedestal' underneath! > > 10. Tired team members. Durung-Drung glacier near Pensi La, Zanskar > > 11. Camping on Pensi La near Durung-Drung glacier, Zanskar > > 12. Saxifraga jacquemontiana (again) near Durung Drung glacier, Zanskar > > 13. Thylacospermum caespitosum near Durung Drung glacier, Zanskar > > 13. Thylacospermum caespitosum with Sibbaldia tetrandra near Durung Drung > glacier, Zanskar ( > > 14. Sibbaldia tetrandra near Durung Drung glacier, Zanskar > > > > > > Best Wishes, > > > Chris Chadwell > > > 81 Parlaunt Road > SLOUGH > SL3 8BE > UK > > www.shpa.org.uk > > > > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
