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In short. Episode 240, Everest / [produced by Switch International].
Academic Video Online: Premium - United States Available online
Academic Video Online: Premium - United States- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mountains.
- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal).
- Himalaya Mountains.
- Genre:
- Short films.
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (3 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Derry, NH : Chip Taylor Communications, 2011.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Episode 240 - Everest: In 1856 the British colonial powers in India published some results from their Great Trigonometric Survey that put the height of a mountain in the western Himalayas at 8,848 metres. The peak, known as Chomolangma was referred to as Peak XV by the survey group, but as the highest mountain known, it was named by the British, Mt Everest after the previous surveyor general George Everest. This was the beginning of the world's fascination with the highest peak but it was not until 1921 when Tibet opened that climbers began attempts to reach the summit.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 03, 2019).
- "A lesson on almost everything".
- OCLC:
- 1103997773
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