The Western Side of the Gilf Kebir
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4639740 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P A Clayton (0000-0001-6005-8691) |
| Year | 1933 |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 254 |
| Publication date | 1933-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7398 • E-ISSN: 1475-4959 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1784041 |
| OpenAlex | W2331539832 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
north than had hitherto been attempted. After 20 minutes' flight a big wadi trees and grass in was seen. vegetation increased as we continued and was still visible when we had to turn after 30 minutes. They landed fifty-five minutes after taking off and presumed they had found the long-sought oasis of Zerzura. next thing was to find it car. Unfortunately while we were up there was a haze which obscured the edge of the Gilf. The following days were spent, as P. A. Clayton describes, in trying to locate the debouchee of the wadi?in vain. Their search was blank except for a solitary acacia with a dove and several woodpeckers in it, a very old track of a solitary camel, and some scanty grass here and there. On the last day by working to half-pints of petrol and going easy on the water several more likely debouchees were examined. As usual there were lots of wadis. We went into one but drew blank. Penderel and P. A. Clayton climbed the scarp and found an old Arab road cairns. . . we . . . drew blank except for one wadi where we found about a dozen trees about four dead mountain sheep under same. 'Old man Wadi' has beaten us! There is no more juice and itmust be the return journey to-morrow. No wonder he is called a lost oasis. Kharga was reached without incident on May 5. Rupert was flown back to England Robert Clayton his wife as passenger and relief pilot way of Sollum, Tobruk, Benghazi, over the sea to Sirt, Tripoli, Tunis, and Sicily? in itself no mean feat for a bus tied up bootlaces. Within two months of leaving the Gilf Kebir Robert Clayton contracted a rare form of poliomyelitis and died. According to his wishes, his ashes were scattered from the air over the English Channel his widow and a brother officer. F. J. R. R
Business · Supply side · African history and culture analysis · Animal Diversity and Health Studies · Archaeology and Historical Studies
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
| Citation span | 1939 - 2019 (81) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |