Eden Tuesday

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It's Changeover Day in Val Thorens, which means legions of first-time and out-of-practice skiers hitting the slopes with sometimes disastrous consequences

There's a rare crisis in Val Thorens when one of biggest cable cars in the world breaks down, leaving up to 100 people dangling from a wire 50 metres above the mountainside

It's the famous Varsity Week, when rival Oxbridge universities hit town for a downhill grudge match - alongside the usual dramatic backdrop of cases from the slopes of Val Thorens

Patrol teams work to prevent avalanches, using dynamite, train their rescue dogs, and desperately seek a 14-year-old boy who is missing after skiing off-piste alone

Rescue and medical teams in a ski resort deal with extreme conditions and daily accidents on the slopes of the French Alps. A pensioner cannot remember what day it is

The changing weather causes difficulties on the mountains as the teams rescue a man who has cut open his face and a woman who has fallen 13 metres without a helmet

It's Changeover Day in Val Thorens, which means legions of first-time and out-of-practice skiers hitting the slopes with sometimes disastrous consequences

There's a rare crisis in Val Thorens when one of biggest cable cars in the world breaks down, leaving up to 100 people dangling from a wire 50 metres above the mountainside

It's the famous Varsity Week, when rival Oxbridge universities hit town for a downhill grudge match - alongside the usual dramatic backdrop of cases from the slopes of Val Thorens

Patrol teams work to prevent avalanches, using dynamite, train their rescue dogs, and desperately seek a 14-year-old boy who is missing after skiing off-piste alone

Rescue and medical teams in a ski resort deal with extreme conditions and daily accidents on the slopes of the French Alps. A pensioner cannot remember what day it is

The changing weather causes difficulties on the mountains as the teams rescue a man who has cut open his face and a woman who has fallen 13 metres without a helmet

It's Changeover Day in Val Thorens, which means legions of first-time and out-of-practice skiers hitting the slopes with sometimes disastrous consequences

There's a rare crisis in Val Thorens when one of biggest cable cars in the world breaks down, leaving up to 100 people dangling from a wire 50 metres above the mountainside

It's the famous Varsity Week, when rival Oxbridge universities hit town for a downhill grudge match - alongside the usual dramatic backdrop of cases from the slopes of Val Thorens

Anthony Bourdain explores the history and cuisine of Colombia, including the mountains, the Caribbean coast and the coca leaf growing inlands, formerly controlled by drug cartels

Chef/restaurateurs Dave McMillan and Fred Morin help Anthony Bourdain to explore the history and cuisine of Canada

Patrol teams work to prevent avalanches, using dynamite, train their rescue dogs, and desperately seek a 14-year-old boy who is missing after skiing off-piste alone

Rescue and medical teams in a ski resort deal with extreme conditions and daily accidents on the slopes of the French Alps. A pensioner cannot remember what day it is

The changing weather causes difficulties on the mountains as the teams rescue a man who has cut open his face and a woman who has fallen 13 metres without a helmet

It's Changeover Day in Val Thorens, which means legions of first-time and out-of-practice skiers hitting the slopes with sometimes disastrous consequences

The abilities that plants and animals possess, such as the electric eel whose natural charge helped inspire the battery and the flowers that 'talk' to bees using electrical signals

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home