(CNN) -- Africa is not a continent one immediately associates with ice. Historically, however, there have been three mountains that, until recently, could proudly boast some of the worlds most majestic glaciers: Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Mount Kenya, and the Rwenzori Mountains bordering Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Rwenzori has been dubbed the African Alps, the Mountains of the Moon and the snowy source of the Nile (the latter two descriptors were ascribed in 150 A.D. by noted astrologer and geographer Claudius Ptolemy). Much has been written about their snow-capped peaks, but a recent expedition has found that the glaciers that have for centuries captured imaginations will soon be history.goo.gl/Dd5cbg
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 11:41:56 +0000
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