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This is a January 1970 (Vol. 137, No. 1) issue of National Geographic magazine featuring Dian Fossey and a mountain gorilla on the cover. The issue contains articles on Berlin, Death Valley, snowflakes, and the Netherlands Antilles. It includes the famous story "Making Friends With Mountain Gorillas" by Dian Fossey, which helped bring attention to their dwindling numbers. Fossey's work was crucial to the conservation of the species, whose population has since more than doubled in the Virunga region. The issue also came with a special supplement wall map of the West Indies and Central America.