Nepal: In the shadow of a glacier

尼泊尔:隐于冰川之影

The Documentary Podcast

2026-09-29

28 分钟
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As Nepal deals with the aftermath of devastating floods, there have been renewed warnings about the impact of climate change on the Himalayas. As temperatures have risen, glaciers across the region have shrunk and the landscape has become more unstable. Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent reports from one remote Nepalese mountain community that faces an existential threat from a melting glacier. The ancient village of Halji, near the Tibetan border, is home to a thousand year-old Buddhist monastery, one of the oldest in Nepal. But high above the village, meltwater has created glacial lakes . In 2011, parts of the village were destroyed when a glacial lake burst and sent a torrent of water and rocks down the valley. Other communities in the area have abandoned their homes, yet here villagers remain. So why are they determined to stay?
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  • This is one of the remotest corners of Nepal, right on the country's north-western border with Tibet.

  • It's taken four days to get here from Kathmandu,

  • and today I've been driven for eight hours along rough, rocky tracks,

  • through deep river valleys framed by towering Himalayan peaks and over a literally breathtaking 5,000-metre pass.

  • I'm now on the Nepalese part of the Tibetan plateau, the roof of the world.

  • Just passing a herd of about ten yaks,

  • a few of them are galloping past us with their shaggy tails stuck straight in the air.

  • They've got these magnificent horns, big muscular creatures.

  • I'm on my way to the village of Halji,

  • an isolated mountain community that's home to one of Nepal's oldest Buddhist monasteries.