[lbo-talk] World's first ascent of Nile to explore source

joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Thu Sep 22 19:22:48 PDT 2005


Bu wait, I thought Sir Richard Burton had discovered the source of the Nile. And anyway how can you explore something before it's discovered?

Puzzled....

Joanna

uvj at vsnl.com wrote:


>People's Daily Online
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>Life
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>September 21, 2005
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>World's first ascent of Nile to explore source
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>An expedition team will embark on its adventure to ascend the world's longest river to explore its undiscovered source, the Egyptian Gazette daily said Wednesday.
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>The paper quoted the British Embassy in Cairo as saying that the team will enter the Nile, stretching for 6,695 km, at its mouth to the sea and the journey up the river to its longest source in Rwanda is expected to complete by late December.
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>The expedition is the first ever ascent of the world's longest river, the embassy said in a press release.
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>This expedition is co-led by British adventurer Neil McGrigor and New Zealander Cam Mcleay, said the release, adding that the team, including four man and one woman, will travel through five countries, namely, Egypt, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda.
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>The whole expedition will be tracked by satellites on the dedicated web site www.ascendthernile.com, it added.
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>Source: Xinhua
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