july-2012

Clockwise from opposite: Klaus Thymann ventured into the littleexplored
Rwenzori range to take photographs of disappearing glaciers;
local porters, with scarce experience of the ice, were hired to help carry
kit and provisions; Thymann and his team trekked through areas that are
poorly mapped, reliant on satellite positioning systems for navigation
Snow and ice may not be the most obvious natural features
that one would associate with Africa, but high in the
Rwenzori Mountains year-round subzero temperatures
keep the top of the continent permanently capped in Chris
white. As the highest source of the Nile, the upper reaches of the
range are home to about 20 glaciers – a precious treasure located
less than a degree north of the equator. Earlier this year,
Denmark-born, London-based photographer Klaus Thymann set
out to photograph the area’s ice packs as part of Project Pressure
– an ongoing not-for-profit initiative aiming to capture these
spectacular slow-motion rivers.
“The idea behind Project Pressure is to create a visual time
capsule of the world’s glaciers,” explains director John Wyatt-
Clarke, senior lecturer in photography at the University of
Wales and also a trained geologist. “Working with glaciologists,
we’ve drawn up a list of sites to document, concentrating on
some of the less well-known glacial regions around the world
– places people might not expect to find glaciers.”
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La neige et la glace ne sont sans doute pas les éléments
naturels que l’on associerait d’emblée à l’Afrique, et
cependant dans les montagnes du Rwenzori, les
températures constantes sous zéro maintiennent des neiges
éternelles sur le toit de ce continent. Comme source la plus élevée
du Nil, les plus hauts sommets abritent une vingtaine de glaciers –
un précieux trésor situé à moins d’un degré nord de l’équateur. Plus
tôt cette année, le photographe d’origine danoise Klaus Thymann,
basé à Londres, s’est mis à photographier cette région glaciaire