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OUR readers may remember that early in the year General de Nansouty, the hardy director of the Pic du Midi Meteorological Observatory, was cut off from communication with the world below, the severe weather, having so affected the telegraph as to prevent it from acting. Fears were entertained for the General's safety, and M. Albert Tissandier resolved to organise a party for the ascent of the Pic and the succour of the veteran observer. An interesting account of this ascent appears, in La Nature, to which we are indebted for the accompanying illustrations. The snow-storm having somewhat, abated at Bagnères-de-Bigorre on January 9, M.Tissandier resolved to attempt the Pic next day, in company with three of General Nansouty's usual guides.
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The Pic Du Midi Observatory . Nature 19, 390–394 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/019390a0
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