Buy the DVD: www.shoppbs.org www.pbs.org Coming to PBS May 19, 2009. How far would you go to stay alive? The survivors of the well-known 1972 Andes plane crash recall what it took to live in the mountains for over 60 days with no food, water, or supplies. What they reveal is a story about one [...]
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1892 Wood Engraving Pacific Ocean Colombia Ecuador Peru Map Whymper Quito Andes – Original Wood Engraving
November 23rd, 2012 
admin 1892 Wood Engraving Pacific Ocean Colombia Ecuador Peru Map Whymper Quito Andes – Original Wood Engraving Product Type: Original Wood Engraving; Black / White Grade: Near Mint / Very Fine Dimensions: Approximately 5.5 x 8 inches; 14 x 20 cm Authentication: Dual Serial-Numbered Certificates of Authenticity w/ Full Provenance Packaged in custom sleeve w/ archival [...]
Afroamerindios Channel – Paqo Andino Peruvian Andes
November 22nd, 2012 admin In the new world the Indio is widely underestimated,surprisingly he proves to have extensive knowledge of medicine and cosmological sciences,and his mystic vision about life and the universe goes beyond the limits of time – Afroamerindios. From wisdomkeepers This Spiritual documentary chronicling the sacred lifeways of the Andean Altomisayoq ( alto•me•sigh•yoke). In these times of [...]
Melting Away in the Andes
November 20th, 2012 admin In the misty mountains of the Vilcanota Cordillera, southeast of Cusco, on the steep slopes of the Andes, the Q’eros grow potatoes, herd alpaca, chew coca and pray to the mountain deities they call Apus. On my recent research trip to the Q’eros village of Qochamoqo, I was accompanied by Milton Gamarra, the Potato Repatriation [...]
Traditional music from the Andes: Chasca – Rosita Bandida
November 19th, 2012 admin The Andes are the world’s longest exposed mountain range.[1] They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. The range is over 7000 km (4400 miles) long, 200-700 km (300 miles) wide (widest between 18° to 20°S latitude), and of an average height of about 4000 m (13000 ft). [...]
This Place Is High: The Andes Mountains of South America (Imagine Living Here)
November 18th, 2012 admin This Place Is High: The Andes Mountains of South America (Imagine Living Here) Can you imagine living in a place that is so high you have trouble breathing because the air has less oxygen? Or where the most common farm animal spits and has tassels in his ears? In this book you will find out [...]
I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash
November 12th, 2012 admin I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash I AM ALIVE-SURVIVING THE ANDES PLANE CRA (DVD MOVIE) On Friday the 13th of October 1972, a plane carrying 45 rugby team members crashed in the Andes Mountains. For 72 days, the world thought they were dead. But what 16 survivors endured was far worse than death, [...]
Andes Christmas Andes Navidad Cusco Peru
November 5th, 2012 admin We are a group of young volunteers who work so that we can reach more and more communities far from the Sacred Valley of the Incas and other Andean communities in the region of Cusco in our country Peru. It is important to clarify that all those who participate in this project do so for [...]
