2 Irian Jaya Former warriors and headhunters make peace with modern times as Indonesia develops its largest and wildest frontier.
BY THOMAS O'NEILL PHOTOGRAPHS BY GEORGE STEINMETZ
34 Irian Jaya's People of the TreesThe Korowai live
as their Stone Age ancestors did—in homes high in the rain forest.
ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY GEORGE STEINMETZ
^ Double Map Supplement: Indonesia
44 Tex-Mex Border Two cultures twine along the 1,250-mile Rio Grande borderland, nearly a country unto itself.
BY RICHARD CONNIFF
PHOTOGRAPHS BY BRUCE DALE AND JOEL SARTORE
70 Into the Heart of Glaciers With the skill of divers and
climbers, daring cavers explore labyrinths in the ice.
PHOTOGRAPHS BY CARSTEN PETER
82 Thailand Gentleness is a given in a proud Buddhist nation that has turned itself into an economic tiger of the Pacific Rim.
BY NOEL GROVE PHOTOGRAPHS BY JODI COBB
106 Our Polluted Runoff Stealthily it makes its way into our
freshwater supplies, but hidden pollution can be controlled.
BY JOHN G. MITCHELL PHOTOGRAPHS BY PETER ESSICK
126 The Fractured Caucasus Maps chart the beleaguered borders and ethnic diversity of this mountainous region.
BY MIKE EDWARDS