Avalanches

A dry slab avalanche can hit you at 80 miles per hour...and then your friends may only have minutes to dig you out.

This week, Marina and Fin discuss avalanches in their many forms -- including signs of where they might form, how to prepare for them, the 1910 Wellington train disaster, and the Dyatlov Pass incident.

• Sources

  • https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/avalanche

  • https://people.uwec.edu/jolhm/eh3/group4/references/nsidc.htm

  • https://avalanche.org/avalanche-encyclopedia/avalanche/

  • https://utahavalanchecenter.org/education/faq

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_cornice

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Mount_Everest_disaster#Other_fatalities_in_1996

  • https://snowbrains.com/winter-terror-1950-51-259-avalanche-deaths-alps/

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_of_Terror

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_avalanches_by_death_toll

  • https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/avalanches

  • https://utahavalanchecenter.org/education/backcountry-emergencies

  • https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2022/01/19/avalanche-dogs-ski-jackson-hole/

  • https://www.outdoored.com/blogs/avalanche-injuries

  • https://community.fema.gov/ProtectiveActions/s/article/Avalanche-Trapped-Create-Air-Pocket-and-Conserve-Oxygen

  • https://www.wired.com/story/dyatlov-pass-incident-slab-avalanche/

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident

  • https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/trains-buried-by-avalanche

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington,_Washington#:~:text=The%20Wellington%20avalanche%20was%20the,area%20experienced%20a%20severe%20blizzard.

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