Editing Bernese Alps (section)

==Exploration==
[[File:Finsteraarhorn and surrounding mounts.jpg|thumb|The [[Finsteraarhorn]] is the highest mountain in the Bernese Alps. It is also one of the remotest locations in Switzerland.]]
The beauty of the scenery and the facilities offered to travellers by the general extension of mountain railways make the northern side of the range, the [[Bernese Oberland]], one of the portions of the Alps most visited by tourists. Since strangers first began to visit the Alps, the names of [[Grindelwald]], [[Lauterbrunnen]], and [[Interlaken]] have become famous. But unlike many other [[Alps|Alpine]] regions, which have been left to be explored by strangers, this region has been long visited by Swiss travellers and men of science. Among them were the brother Meyer of Aarau and [[Franz Joseph Hugi]]. They have explored most of the mountain ranges not very difficult to access, and have climbed most of the higher summits. In 1841, [[Louis Agassiz]], with several scientific friends, established a temporary station on the [[Unteraar Glacier]], and, along with scientific observations on the glaciers, started a series of expeditions. Several mountains in the area [[List of mountains of Switzerland named after people|are named after Agassiz and the other explorers]]. The works of [[Pierre Jean Édouard Desor|Desor]] and [[Gottlieb Samuel Studer|Gottlieb Studer]] have been followed by several other publications that bear testimony to Swiss mountaineering activity. Notwithstanding the activity of their predecessors, the members of the [[Alpine Club (UK)|English Alpine Club]] have found scope for further exploits, amongst which may be reckoned the first ascents of the [[Aletschhorn]] and the [[Schreckhorn]], and the still more arduous enterprise of crossing the range bypasses, such as the [[Jungfraujoch]] and [[Eigerjoch]], which are considered among the most difficult in the Alps.<ref name = Ball/>