How do the characters experience this transition to a post-Communist society differently? Consider these two passages from Katya's and Valentina's points-of-view: During the Soviet era, Kamchatka was a closed military zone, and it is now a remote tourist destination.How do you think the sparsely populated Kamchatka setting informs the plot and characters? How do you think the story would be different if it were set somewhere else?.How are these two crimes treated differently in their communities? How are they similar? How does the social, political, and economic climate of Kamchatka affect the way these victims are viewed and discussed? Do you see any similarities to the way people talk about crimes in your own community? Before Alyona and Sophia went missing, another young woman, Lilia, disappeared too.How is the theme of disappearance explored throughout the rest of the novel? How does this opening story relate to other examples of disappearances in the book? What does the title, Disappearing Earth, mean to you? In the first chapter, Alyona tells a story about a town that suddenly disappears when a wave washes it away.This closed the Tethys sea and lifted the sea floor up, forming the Alps. The Tethys separated the ancient supercontinents Laurasia (which included modern-day Europe) and Gondwana (which included modern-day Africa and Australia) until the African plate began to push northward into the Eurasian plate around 30 million years ago. The mountains are made of limestone, formed from sediments deposited in the ancient Tethys Ocean basin about 200 million years ago. The Alps arose as a result of the collision of the African and European tectonic plates. Pictured: Aiguille du Midi, Tsafleuron Glacier and ‘Devil’s Skittle’. See below for some pictures caught in 2020. There are deeper risks to consider too, the glaciers store winter snow which they release gently over Summer, and provide water for Europe’s rivers and crops.ĮSP staff have visited the European Alps and witnessed the incredible glaciers. As the glaciers melt, their stability is at risk meaning the rock once held together by ice is unstable. To think, the ground has not been walked on for over two thousand years is incredible.
In 2012, the ice measured 50ft in thickness and now, the ground has resurfaced. The pass has been iced over for more than two thousand years, at least since the Roman era.
The ice has lost thickness three times quicker than the ten previous Summers. After a long, hot Summer, the pass between the Scex Rouge and Tsanfleuron glaciers in the Swiss Alps has been exposed.
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