swiss alps

Skier saves two brothers by pushing them out of a helicopter

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VERBIER, SWITZERLAND – Displaying remarkable bravery, a British skier named Edward Courage, aged in his 70s, saved two brothers from an impending disaster in the Swiss Alps. The trio, along with others, were aboard a helicopter that was swept away by a sudden avalanche from the peak of the Petit Combin mountain. With commendable calmness, Courage managed to push Teddy and Guy Hitchens out of the helicopter before it was swallowed by the avalanche. He …

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250 Million Year Old Fossils of World’s Largest Creature Found in Swiss Alps

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Fossils of Giant Dolphin-Like Marine Reptiles Found in Swiss Alps – Gizmodo Whale-sized Fish-Lizard creatures called ichthyosaurs were some of the most enormous living beings on Earth 200 million years ago, at up to 80 tons and 65 feet in length.  Finding fossils of massive sea creatures in the high elevations of the Swiss Alps would seem like a modern mystery, but the world has changed dramatically in that time.  The same ‘land’ at 9,186 …

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