List of National Geographic cover stories (1970s)

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National Geographic is an American magazine that is noted for its cover stories and accompanying photography.^[1]^[2]^[3] Throughout the 1970s National Geographic's cover stories showcased global historical events such as the volcanic eruption of Eldfell at Heimaey island in Iceland.^[4] Cover stories included articles written by notable writers such as Robert Redford,^[5] Rick Gore,^[6] and Paul A. Zahl.^[7] Cover photos were published by notable photographers such as Emory Kristof,^[8] Winfield Parks^[9] and Joan Root.^[10]

The 1970s saw articles written and photographed at locations around the globe featuring wildlife like the October, 1978 issue titled "Conversations with a Gorilla", written by Francine Patterson with a photo on the cover of Koko the gorilla, photographed by Ronald H. Cohn. Koko grabbed the camera and took a selfie in a mirror.^[11]

Articles featured on the cover of the magazine also included human-interest stories such as "Ladakh-The Last Shangri-La", written and photographed by Thomas J. Abercrombie featuring the people of India in the March, 1978 issue.^[12] Many geographical locations were featured including the Amazon River in the October, 1972 article "The Amazon–The Mightiest of Rivers", written and photographed by Loren McIntyre.^[13]

In the November, 1971 issue, Samuel W. Mathews and photographer William R. Curtsinger spent months aboard the Research vessel Hero in Antarctica. Photos taken by Curtsinger would be the first pictures of Snow Leopards in the wild and first photos shot in Antarctica.^[14]

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Title^a	Date	Author	Photographer	Images^b	Ref
Making Friends With Mountain Gorillas	January, 1970	Dian Fossey	Robert M. Campbell	Baby gorillas with Dian Fossey	^[15]
East Africa's Majestic Flamingos	February, 1970	M. Philip Kahl	M. Philip Kahl	Flamingos feeding	^[16]
Japan's Historic Heartland Hosts Expo '70	March, 1970	Thomas J. Abercrombie	Thomas J. Abercrombie	Drummer girl in Kyoto	^[17]
White Tiger in My House	April, 1970	Elizabeth C. Reed	Donna K. Grosvenor	Baby white tigress	^[18]
Businessman in the Bush	May, 1970	Frederick Kent Truslow	Frederick Kent Truslow	Black skimmer	^[19]
When in Rome....	June, 1970	Stuart E. Jones	Winfield Parks	Rome Colosseum	^[20]
The Hutterites, Plain People of the West	July, 1970	William Albert Allard	William Albert Allard	Hutterite family	^[21]
Voyage to the Planets	August, 1970	Kenneth F. Weaver	Luděk Pešek	Saturn	^[22]
The Cobra, India's "Good Snake"	September, 1970	Harry Miller	Naresh and Rajesh Bedi^c	Cobra with flower by hand	^[23]
Orissa: Past and Promise in an Indian State	October, 1970	Bart McDowell	James P. Blair	Orissa schoolboy	^[24]
Computer Helps Scholars Re-Create An Egyptian Temple	November, 1970	Ray Winfield Smith	Emory Kristof	Regal profile of Nefertiti	^[25]
Pollution, Threat to Man's Only home	December, 1970	Gordon Young	Bruce Dale	Western grebe in oil spill	^[26]

Title^a	Date	Author	Photographer	Images^b	Ref
The Voyage of Ra II	January, 1971	Thor Heyerdahl	Georges Sourial	Ra II	^[27]
I live with the Eskimos	February, 1971	Guy Mary-Rousselière	Guy Mary-Rousselière	Eskimo fisherman	^[28]
The Lands and Peoples of Southeast Asia	March, 1971	Peter T. White	W.E. Garrett	Akha woman in Laos	^[29]
The Exquisite Orchids	April, 1971	Luis Marden	Othmar Danesch	Ophrys speculum	^[30]
The Condor, Soaring Spirit of the Andes	May, 1971	Jerry McGahan	Libby McGahan	Condor vulture with Jerry McGahan	^[31]
Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail	June, 1971	Mike W. Edwards	David Hiser	Pacific Crest Trail with hikers	^[32]
Apollo 14: The Climb Up Cone Crater	July, 1971	Alice J. Hall	NASA	Alan Shepard (moon)	^[33]
Oklahoma	August, 1971	Robert Paul Jordan	Robert W. Madden	Oklahoma wheat worker	^[34]
Mzima, Kenya's Spring of Life	September, 1971	Joan and Alan Root	Joan and Alan Root	African rock python swimming with Joan Root	^[10]
India's River of Faith, Ganges	October, 1971	John J. Putnam	Raghubir Singh	Indian woman of faith	^[35]
Antarctica's Nearer Side	November, 1971	Samuel W. Mathews	William R. Curtsinger	Gentoo penguin	^[14]
Return to Changing China	December, 1971	Audrey Topping	Audrey Topping	Peking schoolchildren	^[36]

Title^a	Date	Author	Photographer	Images^b	Ref
Taboos and Magic Rule Namba Lives	January, 1972	Kal Muller	Kal Muller	New Hebrides woman	^[37]
African Wildlife Man's Threatened Legacy	February, 1972	Allan C. Fisher	Thomas Nebbia	Kenyan leopard	^[38]
Tundra and the Splendors of It's Plants, Birds and Mammals	March, 1972	Staff writer^d	John J. Burns	Lapland longspur	^[39]
Winter Caravan to the Roof of the World	April, 1972	Sabrina and Roland Michaud	Roland Michaud	Kyrgyz boy	^[40]
Yellowstone's Hundredth Birthday	May, 1972	William S. Ellis	Jonathan Blair	American black bear and bystanders	^[41]
A River Restored: Oregon's Willamette	June, 1972	Ethel A. Starbird	Lowell J. Georgia	Canoeing on the river	^[42]
The Sword and Sermon	July, 1972	Thomas J. Abercrombie	Thomas J. Abercrombie	Saudi Arabian man	^[43]
Stone Age Men of the Philippines	August, 1972	Kenneth MacLeish	John Launois	Tasaday boy climbing tree	^[44]
Yesterday Linger Along the Connecticut	September, 1972	Charles McCarry	David L. Arnold	Penny-farthing cyclist	^[45]
The Amazon-The Mightiest of Rivers	October, 1972	Loren McIntyre	Loren McIntyre	Txukahamei girl in Brazil	^[13]
A Land Apart-The Monterey Peninsula	November, 1972	Milke W. Edwards	Declan Haun	Pfeiffer Beach	^[46]
Those Popular Pandas	December, 1972	Theodore H. Reed	Bruce Dale	Panda bear eating	^[47]

Title^a	Date	Author	Photographer	Images^b	Ref
Search for the Oldest People	January, 1973	Alexander Leaf	John Metzger	Ecuadorian man	^[48]
Art of the Aborigines	February, 1973	Staff writer^d	Kay and Stanley Breeden	Aboriginal rock art	^[49]
The Last U.S. Whale Hunters	March, 1973	Emory Kristof	Emory Kristof	Eskimo whalers canoeing	^[8]
Those Outlandish Goldfish	April, 1973	Paul A. Zahl	Paul A. Zahl	Bubble Eye goldfish	^[7]
France's Wild Watery South	May, 1973	William Davenport	Hans W. Silverster	Stallions in the water	^[50]
Australia's Great Barrier Reef	June, 1973	Staff writer^d	Ron Taylor	Great Barrier Reef with Valerie Taylor	^[51]
Volcano Overwhelms an Icelandic Village	July, 1973	Noel Grove	Emory Kristof	Volcano on Heimaey island	^[4]
Friend of the Wind: The Common Tern	August, 1973	Ian Nisbet	Hope Alexander	Tern (bird)	^[52]
Change Ripple New Guinea's Sepik River	September, 1973	Malcolm S. Kirk	Malcolm S. Kirk	New Guinea tribesman	^[53]
Chile: Republic on a Shoestring	October, 1973	Gordon Young	George F. Mobley	Chilean woman with umbrella	^[54]
This Is My Island: Tangier	November, 1973	Harold G. Wheatley	David Alan Harvey	Boy and a crab	^[55]
Lost Empire of the Incas	December, 1973	Loren McIntyre	Loren McIntyre	Llama in a canoe	^[56]

Title^a	Date	Author	Photographer	Images^b	Ref
Gold, The Eternal Treasure	January, 1974	Peter T. White	James L. Stanfield	Lion in pure gold	^[57]
Maine's Allagash River	February, 1974	Staff writer^d	Farrell Grehan	Red fox in national park	^[58]
Trekking the Frozen Northwest Passage	March, 1974	Colin Irwin	Colin Irwin	Dogsled in the Arctic	^[59]
The England of Charles Dickens	April, 1974	Richard A. Long	Adam Woolfitt	English boy at a window raining	^[60]
The Incredible Universe	May, 1974	Kenneth F. Weaver	James P. Blair	Night sky	^[61]
Climbing Half Dome The Hard Way	June, 1974	Galen Rowell	Galen Rowell	Rock climbing Half Dome	^[62]
Exploring England's Canals	July, 1974	Brian Hodgson	Linda Bartlette	Oxford Canal	^[63]
The Phoenicians: Sealords of Antiquities	August, 1974	Samuel W. Mathews	Winfield Parks	Phoenician amulet	^[9]
Europe's Shy and Spectacular Kingfisher	September, 1974	Staff writer^d	Carl Johan Junge	European kingfisher	^[64]
Bhutan Crowns a Dragon King	October, 1974	John Scofield	John Scofield	Jigme Singye Wangchuck in Bhutan	^[65]
Guatemala Maya and Modern	November, 1974	Louis De La Haba	Joseph J. Scherschel	Children of San Juan Atitán	^[66]
The Isles of the Pacific	December, 1974	Kenneth P. Emory	H. Edward Kim	smiling Polynesian woman	^[67]

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Title^a	Date	Author	Photographer	Images^b	Ref
Exploring the Mind of Ice Age Man	January, 1975	Alexander Marshack	Alexander Marshack	Cave in Niaux, France	^[68]
Brazil's Beleaguered Indians	February, 1975	W. Jesco Von Puttkamer	W. Jesco Von Puttkamer	Amazonian native Woman	^[69]
Hawaii, Island of Fire and Flowers	March, 1975	Gordon Young	Robert W. Madden	Mauna Ulu volcano	^[70]
Diving Amid 'Sleeping' Sharks	April, 1975	Eugenie Clark	David Doubilet	Bull shark with Eugenie Clark	^[71]
Life of a Baboon Troop	May, 1975	Shirley C. Strum	Timothy W. Ransom	Baboons	^[72]
Andalusian, The Spirit of Spain	June, 1975	Howard Lafay	Joseph J. Scherschel	Andalusian woman	^[73]
Benjamin Franklin	July, 1975	Alice J. Hall	Linda Bartlett	Benjamin Franklin	^[74]
The Niger: River of Sorrow, River of Hope	August, 1975	Georg Gerster	Georg Gerster	Nigerian woman	^[75]
Strange World of the Red Sea Reefs	September, 1975	Eugenie Clark	David Doubilet	Moray eels	^[76]
Orangutans	October, 1975	Birutė Galdikas-Brindamour	Photographer	Orangutans with Birutė Galdikas-Brindamour	^[77]
Christopher Columbus and the New World He Found	November, 1975	John Scofield	Adam Woolfitt	Panama woman	^[78]
The Maya: Children of Time	December, 1975	Howard La Fay	David Alan Harvey	Mayan statues	^[79]

Title^a	Date	Author	Photographer	Images^b	Ref
Life or Death for the Harp Seal	January, 1976	David M. Lavigne	William R. Curtsinger	baby Harp seal	^[80]
Siberia's Empire Road, The River Ob	February, 1976	Robert Paul Jordan	Dean Conger	Siberian woman	^[81]
At Home with Right Whales	March, 1976	Roger Payne	Des and Jen Bartlett^c	Southern right whale	^[82]
Irish Ways Live On In Dingle	April, 1976	Bryan Hodgson	Linda Bartlette	Irish boy	^[83]
Truk Lagoon: A Sunken Japanese Fleet Becomes a Scientific Laboratory	May, 1976	Sylvia A. Earle	Al Giddings	Truk Lagoon	^[84]
Kyoto and Nara: Keepers of Japan's Past	June, 1976	Charles McCarry	George F. Mobley	Japanese woman	^[85]
How Are We Using the Land?	July, 1976	Peter T. White	Jeff Foott	Bald eagle	^[86]
Discovered: Monarch's Mexican Haven	August, 1976	Frederick A. Urquhart	Bianca Lavies	Monarch butterflies	^[87]
India Struggles to Save Her Wildlife	September, 1976	John K. Putman	Stanley Breeden	Golden langur	^[88]
The Nation's River	October, 1976	Allan C. Fisher, Jr.	James L. Stanfield	Potomac River at The Washington Monument	^[89]
Robert Redford Rides the Outlaw Trail	November, 1976	Robert Redford	Jonathan Blair	American Cowboy	^[5]
By Square-Rigger From Baltic to Bicentennial	December, 1976	Kenneth Garrett	Gilbert M. Grosvenor	Tall ships	^[90]

Title^a	Date	Author	Photographer	Images^b	Ref
Sifting For Life in the Sands if Mars	, 1977	Rick Gore	NASA	Mars surface	^[6]
Longest Manned Balloon Flight	February, 1977	Ed Yost	Otis Imboden	Hot air balloon	^[91]
Egypt: Legacy of a Dazzling Past	March, 1977	Alice J. Hall	Lee Boltin	Gold statue of King tut	^[92]
Pilgrimage to Nepal's Chrystal Mountain	April, 1977	Joel F. Ziskin	Joel F. Ziskin	Nepali woman	^[93]
Wild Nursery of the Mangroves	May, 1977	Rick Gore	Bianca Lavies	Frigatebird in a mangrove	^[94]
Mexico's People of Myth and Magic	June, 1977	James Norman	Guillermo Aldana E.	Huichol art	^[95]
Preserving the Nation's Wild Rivers	July, 1977	Not stated^e	Ed Cooper	Undine Falls in Yosemite	^[96]
The Air-Safety Challenge	August, 1977	Michael E. Long	Bruce Dale	Lockheed L-1011 TriStar	^[97]
Following the Reindeer with Norway's Lapps	September, 1977	Sally Anderson	Erik Borg	Norwegian Lapp teenage boy	^[98]
Arizona's Suburbs of the Sun	October, 1977	David Jeffery	H. Edward Kim	Field of calendulas	^[99]
Brazil Tames Her Wild Frontier	November, 1977	Loren McIntyre	Loren McIntyre	Jaguar on a tree	^[100]
Reach for the New World	December, 1977	Mendel L. Peterson	Nathan Benn	Sailboat in Newfoundland	^[101]

Title^a	Date	Author	Photographer	Images^b	Ref
Moscow: The City Around Red Square	January, 1978	John J. Putnam	Gordon W. Gahan	Russian ballet dancers	^[102]
Minoans and Mycenaeans: Sea Kings of the Aegean	February, 1978	Joseph Judge	Gordon W. Gahan	Golden death mask	^[103]
Ladakh-The Last Shangri-La	March, 1978	Thomas J. Abercrombie	Thomas J. Abercrombie	Woman of Leh, India	^[12]
China's Incredible Find	April, 1978	Audrey Topping	Howard Nelson	Terracotta Army	^[104]
Alone Across the Outback	May, 1978	Robyn Davidson	Rick Smolan	Robyn Davidson with a camel in Australia	^[105]
Dragons of the Deep	June, 1978	Paul A. Zahl	Paul A. Zahl	Leafy seadragon	^[106]
The Grand Canyon	July, 1978	W. E. Garrett	W. E. Garrett	Grand Canyon	^[107]
New Ideas About Dinosaurs	August, 1978	John H. Ostrom	Roy Anderson	Painting of dinosaurs	^[108]
Solo to the North Pole	September, 1978	Naomi Uemura	Ira Block	Eskimo	^[109]
Conversations with a Gorilla	October, 1978	Francine Patterson	Ronald H. Cohn	Koko the Gorilla with a camera	^[11]
Pilgrimage to Mecca	November, 1978	Mohammed Abdul-Rauf	Mehmet Biber	Mosque at Mecca	^[110]
Double Eagle II Leaps the Atlantic	December, 1978	Ben Abruzzo	Alain Dejean	Double Eagle II	^[111]

Title^a	Date	Author	Photographer	Images^b	Ref
Sri Lanka: Time of Testing	January, 1979	Robert Paul Jordan	Raghubir Singh	Monks praying at Buddha statue	^[112]
Kangaroos! That Marvelous Mob	February, 1979	Geoffrey B. Sharman	Des and Jen Bartlett^c	Wallabies	^[113]
National Wildlife Refuges	March, 1979	Not stated^e	Bates Littlehales	Tufted puffin	^[114]
The Trouble with Dolphins	April, 1979	Edward J. Linehan	Al Giddings	Sylvia Earle with dolphin	^[115]
Americans Climb K2	May, 1979	James Wickwire	John Roskelley	Mountaineer on K2	^[116]
American 4-H Exchange: Down on the Farm in the U.S.S.R.	June, 1979	John Garaventa	James Tobin	Ukrainian family dancing	^[117]
Our National Parks	July, 1979	Not stated^e	David Alan Harvey	Bridalveil Fall	^[118]
Walk Across America: On to the Pacific	August, 1979	Peter and Barbara Jenkins	Skeeter Hagler	Peter and Barbara Jenkins	^[119]
Search for the First Americans	September, 1979	Thomas Y. Canby	David L. Arnold	Stone tools	^[120]
Scenic Guilin Links China's Past and Present	October, 1979	W.E. Garrett	W.E. Garrett	Chinese child in Guilin	^[121]
The Desert: An Age-Old Challenge Grows	November, 1979	Rick Gore	Photographer	Man in a turban in Sahara Desert	^[122]
Our Wildest Wilderness: The Arctic Wildlife Range	December, 1979	Douglas H. Chadwick	Stephen J. Krasemann	Caribou	^[123]

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