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Action Photography Contest Winners:
Round I

Photo: Snowboarding Tahoe

Presenting the first winners
in our Action Photography
Contest, selected
by National Geographic
photographer Bill Hatcher.
Photo contest winners


Alive! Then & Now
Photo: Alive crash site

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.
Photo: Horses in the Andes
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We continued on horseback until the snow became too deep, leaving us
with a day-and-a-half hike to reach the crash site. Though small numbers of tourists visit the valley in the height of summer, nobody goes there in December, like we did. Note that the dog leading the way also swam through—and was tossed and tumbled by—all of the rapids.
—Contributing Editor James Vlahos


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