Iranian authorities, a helicopter was forced back in an attempt to get to the location where these 66 passengers on board this twin turboprop aircraft that crashed not very far from its final destination. But they crashed in an area known as the well, not known as, called the dina mountain, which itself is a vast range, really, more than 40 peaks of over 4,000 meters. Thats well in excess of 12,000 feet. A lot of them snow covered. This being winter, of course, in continental climate, can be very severe conditions. And clearly that was what prevailed when the first attempt to get a rescue team into this location was forced back. The iranian Authorities Say. Now, they will no doubt be trying again. The aircraft took off at five to 8 00 local time. So the day is still yet young. There is still several hours of daylight when it may be possible to get to this location. Theres no official confirmation as to whether all or any of those people have survived. But the assumption is, given the l
For three decades, Kristine Tompkins has helped turn millions of acres of Patagonia into protected national parks. Now she’s making sure the work outlasts…
well, many people in chile were suspicious when two americans, many years ago, both former ceos of wealthy outdoor apparel brands, began buying huge tracts of land there. but they are suspicious no more. that has turned into the largest private land donation ever made to a country, and now, chile has a new national park that s roughly the size of switzerland. all dedicated to conservation. from snow-capped peaks, to sweeping grasslands, these dramatic swaths of chile s wild terrain are now one of conservation s biggest success stories. right now, i m looking at the northern ice cap of chile. that falls down into the river, which is the largest river in chile. and then i m looking out toward the 764,000 acres of this new national park. it s a great feeling. reporter: in late january, christine tompkins signed over
more than 400,000 hectares to the chilean government in what s believed to be the largest private land donation to a country in his it try. chile added more than 3 million hectares to that, forming a newly designated parkland that s roughly the size of switzerland. open to the public to explore. the handover comes after more than 20 years of planning by christine and her late husband doug. slowly acquiring large chunks of chile s wildlands. some of it s just opportunistic, looking for areas that are biologically important. and areas that were for sale. and little by little, we just began to patch what became several new national parks together. reporter: the u.s. nationals were an unusual mix of powerful magnates, and passionate conservationists. he was an avid outdoorsman. the founder of apparel behemoth north face, and esprit, she the