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3. A History of Fire Suppression

verfasst von : Edward Struzik

Erschienen in: Firestorm

Verlag: Island Press/Center for Resource Economics

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On the day the Sunshine Ski Hill in Banff National Park opened early in November 2016, temperatures skyrocketed, making it feel more like early summer than late fall. As skiers gleefully headed for the hills for the first time, wildfire specialists Cliff White and Ian Pengelly took me to the top of Sulphur Mountain, an iconic peak that provides breathtaking views of the wilderness and townsite below, to show me how a Fort McMurray–like wildfire might burn one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations.

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Vorheriges Kapitel Inside the Mind of a Wildfire

Nächstes Kapitel Visions of the Pyrocene

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Titel: A History of Fire Suppression
verfasst von: Edward Struzik
Verlag: Island Press/Center for Resource Economics
Buch: Firestorm
Print ISBN: 978-1-61091-926-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-61091-819-0

Copyright-Jahr: 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-819-0_4