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Up next on a second look, the rugged and highly trained mountain battle force that helped turn the tide of world war ii. The battle against avalanches in the sierra and how triggering small ones can prevent big ones. A woman who lived five days buried in the snow after a disastrous avalanche hit a sierra ski resort. And the story behind the california ski resort that was home to the Winter Olympics all straight ahead tonight on a second look. Good evening and welcome to a second look. Im julie haener. Tonight the joys and dangers of skiing. For one group of american soldiers in world war ii skiing was not a sport it was a means for waging war. In 2001, ktvus Bob Mackenzie brought us the story of the legendary tenth Mountain Division. Reporter in their time they were legendary soldiers. The men of the tenth Mountain Division could ski, climb mountains, use stealth and hit hard and fast. I think it was the best fighting force, it was the only fighting force that i experienced and i cant
The sphere has been one of focus and engangment. We have had the band playing all day. We have seen people of all nationalities come up and ask plenty of questions so very definite engangment. Some figures we have been hearing. Unprecedented numbers. On both sides of the campaign have been turning out in the millions. Now, what i can tell you is in one polling station, in a place calls helens they told us earlier they had seen 70 of their voters turn out. In other places they are saying there is potential for other 90 of their voters to have turned up that is quite extraordinary, an older gentlemen, 65 years old that wanted to vote no the referendum, and he had never previously voted before, it is that sort of engangment, and determination that we have been seeing and hearing about. Got lands capitol, ghostly and almost hitten from view, as the nation decides. A gray day with a clear purpose in the passionate mood heading to vote, millions of beef are turning out to decide the future o
Narrator the region called latin america can be divided up into several subregions, including four in south america. In the northern andes subregion, ecuador is the smallest country, but one of its most dynamic, at least geologically. The physical geography of ecuador is dominated by the volcanoes and other mountains that are raised up as the tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean slowly but violently collides with south america. Around the world, humans have learned to survive such Natural Hazards, but sometimes they cannot escape tragedy. In this story, we follow a geographer working at many levels to help people live with a killer volcano. Narrator of the 200 volcanoes in ecuador, 30 could erupt again. Guagua pichincha has devastated quito, the capital, several times, so scientists monitor emissions of sulfur gas with gat conrn. In 1985, a massive eruption in neighboring colombia melted snowfields, causing mudflows that killed more than 23,000 people. Throughout south america, sci