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N°20,
Winter 2006 Singapore’s formula for success Thanks to stable government and high technology, Singapore, host to the 2006 Rolex Awards prize-giving, enjoys high standards of living and low unemployment. Three Rolex Awards judges explain why. High-altitude anthropologist With discovery after discovery on daunting mountain summits, Johan Reinhard is revealing and preserving the intricate world of the Incas and the precious offerings they made to their gods. Listening for whales Michel André, who has held initial trials of the world’s first ever whale anti-collision system, believes that rising noise pollution from boats and ships is putting whales in danger. The Dutch god of language The Himalayas are home to hundreds of languages. But every two weeks another language disappears, so Dutch linguist George Van Driem and his colleagues are recording them as fast as possible. Arctic weather alert Last May explorers Lonnie Dupre and Eric Larsen set out to make the first summer crossing of the Arctic. Before them lay kilometres of treacherous melting ice, as well as marauding polar bears. The first year From Mongolia to Argentina, Cambodia and Georgia, the Laureates of 2004 have made substantial progress in the projects that won them Rolex Awards little more than a year ago. In brief Associate Laureates working in Central and South America are saving the condor and the Maya forest; and more than 1,600 candidates have applied for the 2006 Rolex Awards. |
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