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That Gurschenglet is a glacier in Swiss canton Uri at the God hard massif.
The glacier is used mainly for ski runs in Swiss winter sports place other matt, particularly the Gemsstock mountain-slope for central station Gur.
In order to prevent further melting, ski run portions of the Gurschengletschers were covered in May 2005 with 2,500 square meters of special foils made of fleece material. Without this measure, then the director placing the sales order of the aerial ropeway enterprise before the transmitter DRS justified, sinks the glacier runway annually by five meters. With preceding attempts in Austria such a foil protected a layer of 1.5 meters height melting away, investigated sp of 12. May 2005. The installation cost approximately 20,000 euro. In the autumn it is removed, again fastened in the apron of the next summer.
A speaker of the world-wide active environmental not government organization WWF said, which climatic disaster had now also one of the richest places of Switzerland reached. For the environmental policy exist action need, because taking off is a very provisional measure, for a future ability needs it more load-carrying solutions.
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