Inside the making of Leh’s giant artificial glaciers with Sonam Wangchuk

Pankaj Mishra Rajesh Subramanian July 4, 2017

Innovator, education reformist and outlier Sonam Wangchuk is trying to turn the highest cold desert in the world — Ladakh — into a greenland. FactorDaily travelled to Pheyang village in Leh where Wangchuk is making artificial glaciers or ‘Ice Stupas‘.

Watch this video to find out how he’s doing this.

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