Avalanche Issue in Western Himalaya, India
摘要
Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University Nagoya Snow and Ice Research Center, NIED Nagaoka E-mail: evgeniy.podolskiy@gmail.com pad (Fig. ), now which is issuing avalanche Avalanche research in the Indian Himalaya warnings for the region and conducting avabegan because of the Sino-Indian Border Conlanche and snow research in Himalaya. Exflict ( ), a war between China and India. actly this organization hosted the InternaCrises in the -s on the border with China tional Symposium on Snow and Avalanches and Pakistan had revealed an incredible vul(ISSA ‘ ) ( April ), the first ever nerability of military troops to avalanche hazIGS symposium in the Himalaya and in India ards. Problems of survival in avalanche prone (refer to some photo-highlights of the ISSA’ areas faced by the Armed Forces, literally reat the Photo Studio of Snow and Ice Section minded the Indian government about a fact: and the symposium section that enormous areas of India were a ected so at the present issue, p. i-ii heavily by snow and avalanches (that was not and p. ). considered before as an important issue). To Themain conference hall for ISSA’ , Siachen combat this hazard and to enhance socioAuditorium (Fig. ), was named after the Siaeconomic growth of snowbound regions, later chen glacier, which symbolizes specifics of on, in a special organization was founded SASE research work. The IndianMilitary (or attack operation “ ” (name of a poem SASE), under the written by one of the greatest Sanskrit poets (or DRDO). It had been staKalidasa), took place here over disputed with rted as a humble camp of tents, but soon turPakistan territory,which is considered to be the ned into a large, world-known research facility world’s highest battlefield ( m; lasts for with a number of buildings, observatories, labmore than yrs; death toll: , , lives) at oratories, conference auditorium hall and helithe Siachen Glacier (India largest, and world’s second largest glacier outside of the polar regio