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Dec 30, 2018 · In the autumn of 1973, the naturalist and writer Peter Matthiessen and the zoologist George Schaller set out on a gruelling trek into the Himalayas. They were headed toward the Dolpo region of...
The Snow Leopard is a 1978 book by Peter Matthiessen. It is an account of his two-month search for the snow leopard with naturalist George Schaller in the Dolpo region on the Tibetan Plateau in the Himalaya.
- Peter Matthiessen
- 1978
Schaller was there to study the Himalayan Bharal, (blue sheep), and possibly glimpse the elusive snow leopard, an animal rarely spotted in the wild. Schaller is one of only two Westerners known to have seen a snow leopard in Nepal between 1950 and 1978.
The renowned field biologist tells of his quest to study the ghost-like snow leopard and the mysterious chiru in his new book.
- Frank Graham Jr.
CELEBRATING THE SNOW LEOPARD. We hope you enjoy this engaging conversation with famed conservationist George Schaller, who, in the autumn of 1973, accompanied Peter Matthiessen on a life-changing expedition to Nepal, later recounted in Peter’s 1978 classic, The Snow Leopard.
Jun 12, 2015 · Dr Schaller has trekked the mountains of Afghanistan, Tibet, China, Nepal, Tajikistan, Mongolia, Pakistan and India for over 5 decades to study this elusive big cat predator. His photo of a snow leopard taken in Pakistan in 1970 is the first recorded photograph of the wild cat.
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Snow Leopards. Hiking in the hills of northern Pakistan in the 1970s, WCS Senior Conservationist George Schaller spotted a snow leopard some 150 feet away. "Wisps of clouds swirled around," he later wrote in Stones of Silence, "transforming her into a ghost creature, part myth and part reality."
