Vintage NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Magazine Vol.171 No. 1 January 1987

A Vintage copy of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Magazine Vol.171 No. 1 January 1987

Featuring:

Medicine's New Vision

Incredible machines that can peer into the human body as never before are helping physicians save lives. Veteran journalist Howard Sochurek describes these new technologies from firsthand experience.

California Desert, A Worldly Wilderness

Author Barry Lopez and photographer Craig Aurness explore a fragile domain where competing interests of industry, the military, and the public have sparked a broad effort to manage the land.

Ice on the World

Advancing and retreating over the eons, water in its solid state has helped shape earth's face and climate. Senior Assistant Editor Samuel W. Matthews explores the role of ice from the Arctic to the South Pole.

Glaciers on the Move

Why does Alaska's mighty Hubbard race forward while neighboring Columbia retreats? The case of the contrary glaciers intrigues scientists, who seek keys to ice-mass dynamics. John L. Eliot reports; photographs by Chris Johns.

Slovakia's Spirit of Survival

Traveling the mountains of eastern Czechoslovakia, photojournalists Yva Momatiuk and John Eastcott discover the old ways lingering in a changing land.

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