After a night of snowfall—the first of the season in Svaneti, a region high in Georgia’s Caucasus Mountains—the day ... to sift for gold in the rivers, Strabo also fueled speculation that ...

Preserved by its long isolation, the Upper Svaneti region of the Caucasus is an exceptional ... and a backdrop of snow-covered mountains. The most notable feature of the settlements is the abundance ...

I’m starting from the beginning of the river which we call the source, here in the mountains. Rivers often start in upland areas like this, from lakes, marshes and glaciers or even springs that ...

Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. Changes to those hidden rivers could have dramatic global consequences. As Totten Glacier oozes off the ...