Ice bears - Jungfraujoch, Switzerland
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ToRo61
N 46° 32.849 E 007° 59.097
32T E 422181 N 5155379
Ice bears it's not polar bears... :-)
Waymark Code: WMP7CA
Location: Valais, Switzerland
Date Posted: 07/14/2015
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The Jungfraujoch (
visit link) is a place between the Jungfrau and the Mönch. It lies at a height of 3,466 meters (11,371 ft) above sea level in the Bernese Alps, on the boundary between the cantons of Bern and Valais, halfway between Interlaken and Fiesch. It is a glacier pass, on the upper snows of the Aletsch Glacier, and part of the Jungfrau-Aletsch area.
Since 1912, the Jungfraujoch is accessible to tourists by the Jungfrau line, a railway from Interlaken and Kleine Scheidegg, running partly underground through a tunnel through the Eiger and Mönch. The Jungfraujoch railway station, at an elevation of 3,454 meters (11,332 ft) is the highest in Europe. It lies east of the saddle, below the Sphinx summit, and is connected to the Top of Europe building, which includes several panoramic restaurants and a post office. Several tunnels lead outside, where secured hiking trails on the crevassed glacier can be followed, in particular to the Mönchsjoch Hut.
Among a few attractions on the top of Jungfraujoch (
visit link) certainly belongs also Ice Palace/Cave.
The Ice Palace consists the amazing ice tunnels and sculptures. It was begun in 1934 and now it’s like a maze, covering an area of over 1000 square metres with large and small passageways and ice sculptures; penguins, eagles and a sculpture of Sherlock Holmes, etc. ... of course there are also the bears :-).