Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventurers in Tibet. Vol. 2 (of 2)

A long travel account narrates successive expeditions across the high Tibetan plateau, combining topographical survey and route-mapping with vivid landscape and climate description. The author pursues the headwaters of major Himalayan rivers, crosses glaciers and high passes, sails and storms on sacred lakes, and records extreme cold, snowbound hardship, and narrow escapes. Interspersed are ethnographic observations of monastic life, hermitages, pilgrimage practices, nomadic camps, and encounters with banditry and local authorities. The work alternates practical expedition detail, scientific discovery, and cultural reportage as it follows a sustained effort to explore and document remote upland regions.