guter bis sehr guter Zustand, geringe Gebrauchs- und Alterungsspuren: Buch tadellos - original Schuber etwas abgenutzt und beschädigt, in russischer Sprache mit einer Zusammenfassung in englischer Sprache "Kungur Ice Cave The given album is dedicated to Kungur Ice Cave - an unique monument of nature. The cave is situated in the vicinity of an old Kungur town of the Ural, in the region of classical gypsum karst development. Every year the cave is visited by more than 200 thousand Tourists. Bifurcated galleries and numerous grottoes are illuminated with many colour searchlights which change cave into a subsurface kingdom of stone, ice and water. Snow lace of ice crystals, quaint arches, sparkling cascades of ice flowstone, fantastic conglomeration of fallen blocks create an unforgettable impression. Kungur Ice Cave is known not only as object of tourist pilgrimage. From time immemorial Kungur Cave attracted the attention of scientists: serious investigations are carried out and a permanent establishment of the Ural Department of the USSR Academy of Sciences is organized there. The album tells us about geological processes contributing to cave formation, properties of rocks, animal and vegetal life of subsurface kingdom. Authors' story is illustrated with a lot of colour and black-and-white photographs, schemes, maps and archives. The above-mentioned increases the book address and makes it interesting for travel-lovers, scientists and specialists.", Leinen, ca. 21 x 26,5, 303 Seiten mit vielen Fotos im original Schuber