Editing Belukha Mountain (section)

==History==
Belukha was first climbed in 1914 by the Tronov brothers. Most ascents of the eastern peak follow the same southern route as that taken in the first ascent. Though the Altai is lower in elevation than other Asian mountain groups, it is very remote<!--what from?-->, and much time and planning are required for its approach.

In the summer of 2001, a team of scientists traveled to the remote Belukha Glacier to assess the feasibility of extracting ice cores at the site. Research was carried out from 2001 to 2003: both shallow cores and cores to bedrock were extracted and analyzed (Olivier and others, 2003; Fujita and others, 2004). Based on tritium dating techniques, the deeper cores may contain as much as 3,000–5,000 years of climatic and environmental records. A Swiss-Russian team also studied the glacier.<ref name="USGS">{{cite web |url=http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1386f/pdf/F8_PaleoRecord.pdf |title=Glaciers of Asia— THE PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECORD PRESERVED IN MIDDLE LATITUDE, HIGH-MOUNTAIN GLACIERS—AN OVERVIEW OF THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY EXPERIENCE IN CENTRAL ASIA AND THE UNITED STATES |publisher=US Geological Survey (public domain) |accessdate=2012-05-13 |author1=L. DeWayne Cecil |author2=David L. Naftz |author3=Paul F. Schuster |author4=David D. Susong |author5=Jaromy R. Green |name-list-style=amp |archive-date=8 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408102600/http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1386f/pdf/F8_PaleoRecord.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>