Show of ingenuity: An artificial glacier built by local residents during winter to conserve water for summer at Pari village in Kharmang district. — AFP
At the foot of the country’s impossibly high mountains whitened by frost all year round, farmers grappling with a lack of water have created their own ice towers.
Warmer winters as a result of climate change has reduced snowfall and subsequent seasonal snowmelt that feeds the valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan, a remote region home to K2, the world’s second-highest peak.
