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Staubbach Falls Great St. Bernard Pass Dinaric Alps, Croatia Dolomite Alps, Italy the Alps, Tirol, Austria ibex, Mount Blanc, France
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Alps
the Matterhorn
Staubbach Falls
Great St. Bernard Pass
Dinaric Alps, Croatia
Dolomite Alps, Italy
the Alps, Tirol, Austria
ibex, Mount Blanc, France
Carnic Alps
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Life as the guardian of the Matterhorn mountain
The challenging life of Swiss mountain farmers
Fly over the Alps to behold the Wipp Valley at the Europabrücke and the Aletsch Glacier
Learn how researchers determine a possible outbreak of Avalanches
Hiking a historic trail in the Carnic Alps
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