Vintage NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Magazine Vol.160 No. 4 October 1981

A Vintage copy of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Magazine Vol.160 No. 4 October 1981

Featuring:

Crosscurrents Sweep the Indian Ocean

Big-power politics swirl around little-known, idyllic, hardscrabble island nations lying along some of the world's most strategic sea-lanes. Bart McDowell and Steve Raymer assess what is happening from the Maldives to Madagascar.

People of Fire and Fervor

High in Pakistan's Hindu Kush, the Kalash numbering only 3,000-preserve a unique culture. Debra Denker describes her adoption into the tribe, photographed by Steve McCurry.

Columbia Closes a Circle 474 Our Phenomenal First Flight

Author Tom Wolfe traces the space shuttle back to experimental rocket planes of a generation ago. Astronauts John W. Young and Robert L. Crippen recount their near-perfect April launch and landing, which opened a new era of man in space. With paintings by Ken Dallison.

Mono Lake's Troubled Waters and Far-flying Phalaropes 520

A High Sierra salt lake dwindles away as freshwater streams that once fed it flow instead to the taps of Los Angeles. Gordon Young and photographer Craig Aurness document a mounting California war of water and words. Ornithologist Joseph R. Jehl, Jr., studies the clouds of sandpiper-like Wilson's phalaropes that feed at Mono Lake on their way to South America.

New Finds at Aphrodisias

Dedicated to the goddess of love and fertility, this ancient city in Turkey yields more stunning works of art. Excavation director Kenan T. Erim and photographer David Brill reveal the glories.

I Climbed Everest Alone

Reinhold Messner breaks physical and mental barriers to reach the summit of the world. With photographs by the author and Nena Holguín.

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