National Geographic September 1997 China's Three Gorges/Route 66/Balloons/Nunavu

Description: National Geographic September 1997 CONDITION Magazine, Good, clean pages, some reading and shelf wear Map, Missing CONTENTS China’s Three Gorges – The world’s mightiest dam is rising on the Yangtze River. Gains: electric power and flood control. Losses: wild canyons and hundreds of thousands of homes. By Arthur Zich/Photographs by Bob Sacha Route 66 – Rattling through Arizona, this remnant of a historic highway returns travelers to two-land America and the auto’s golden age. By David Lamb/Photograph by Vincent J Musi Racing With the Wind -- Competitors from three nations last winter attempted the first nonstop girdling g of the lgobe by balloon. By Richard Conniff A Dram Called Nunavut – In 1999 Canada’s Inuit will land their greatest catch—700,0000 square miles to call their own. By Michael Parfit/Photographs by Joanna B Pinneo Double Map Supplement : Canadian North The Dawn of Humans – Around 117,000 years ago in southern African early member of our species left footprints in a sand dune. Could it have been the “Eve” some scientists are seeking? By Rick Gore/Photographs by Kenneth Garrett Beirut Rising – A war-torn ruin after 15 years of civil strife, Lebanon’s capital is rebuilding itself physically and socially. By Peter Theroux/Photographs by Ed Kashi The Siren Song of Everest – Amateurs crowd the perilous slopes of eath’s highest mountains, seeking the adventure of a lifetime. By David F Breashears. DEPARTMENTS Behind the Scenes Forum Geographica From the Editor Flashback On Television Earth Almanac Interactive On Assignment THE COVER Drenched in spray, a boatman on a turbulent tributary of China’s Yangtze River steers through spectacular gorges soon to be inundated by colossal dam. Photographs by Bob Sacha 50026

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