Avalanches and their dangers are described in David McClung and
Peter Schaerer, The Avalanche Handbook (1993); and Bruce
Tremper, Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain (2001). Avalanche
(1997), produced by Beth Hoppe and Jack McDonald and part of the
PBS television series NOVA, documents on video the work of
avalanche scientists and contains many dramatic scenes of
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