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This is Siachen: A Visit to the World's highest Battlefield
Author
Harshal Pushkarna
Specifications
  • ISBN 13 : 9788193238929
  • year : 2017
  • language : English
  • binding : Softcover
Description
In spite of the severe climate, the word Siachen ironically means the place of wild roses. The glacier is the highest battleground on Earth, where India and Pakistan have fought intermittently since 1984. Siachen is the world's largest non-polar glacier, and thus is sometimes referred to as the third pole. In this book i discussed the importance of this glacier and its geographical location with detailed story of the highest battle ground on earth. Siachen! An isolated world within this world situated in the 6,000-metre high icy mountains of the Himalayas. The world where temperature ranges between -20? and -55? Celsius. The world where Indian Army’s lion-hearted Jawans and officers guard our border in the face of indescribable hazards. Originally published in Gujarati by Harshal Pushkarna--editor of the Gujarati language knowledge magazine ‘Safari’, this book is the culmination of Harshal Pushkarna’s personal experiences during his visits to Siachen and the exhaustive interviews of our intrepid Jawans and officers deployed amid the extreme conditions of Siachen.