Presenting the first winners in our Action Photography Contest, selected by National Geographic photographer Bill Hatcher. Photo contest winners
Alive! Then & Now
Experience the first expedition to retrace the Alive Andes escape route with our 3-D, interactive map, survivor audio interviews, and trek photographs. Survivors, maps, photos
Alive Escape Route Expedition Photo Gallery Experience the retracing of the Alive escape trek, led by Ricardo Peña, with expedition photos from Contributing Editor James Vlahos.
Before retracing the trek, expedition leader Ricardo Peña and I spent nearly a week in Montevideo, Uruguay, interviewing the survivors. This is one of them, Eduardo Strauch, in front of Uruguayan Air Force Fairchild number 572, which is virtually identical to their plane that crashed in 1972. Strauch had never seen it before and going inside was very emotional for him. —Contributing Editor James Vlahos
Now read the extensive coverage of the Alive expedition in our April 2006 issue. Subscribe now to begin your year of Adventure with this exciting Alive edition.
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