Mark Evans

Gebundenes Buch

Crossing the Empty Quarter: In the Footsteps of Bertram Thomas

Beschreibung

Bertram Thomas, the intrepid British explorer, set out to cross Arabia's barren Empty Quarter in 1930-31, guided by Omani Sheikh Saleh Bin Kalut - the first recorded crossing. Now, some 85 years later, another team of Omanis has taken on the remakrable challenge, leading British explorer Mark Evans across the same stretch of desert.

Autor

Mark Evans has lived in the region for 20 years. A fellow of the Explorers' Club of New York and The Royal Geographical Society in London, in 2009 Mark set up Outward Bound Oman.Over a period of 55 days in 2001 he kayaked the entire 1,700 km coastline of Oman, from Musandam to Yemen, and in 2004 he set up the University of the Desert, which is Oman's gift to UNESCO, using the power of the desert environment to foster intercultural dialogue between young people from western and Arab cultures, for which he was awarded the MBE in 2011.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Gilgamesh Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 287mm x 231mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 1078g
• ISBN-13: 9781908531605
• ISBN-10: 1908531606
• Artikelnr.: 47580380