The Joint Services West East Sahara Expedition, 1975
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4645694 |
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| Authors | Tom Sheppard (corresponding author), R Renner, R G B Renner |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 142 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 201 |
| Publication date | 1976-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7398 • E-ISSN: 1475-4959 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1796595 |
| OpenAlex | W2319864944 |
| Language | EN |
The Joint Services West East Sahara Expedition, comprising eight men and four i-tonne Land Rovers, completed the first crossing of the Sahara from the Atlantic to the Red Sea through the Mauritanian 'Empty Quarter' between 25 January and 3 May 1975. The distance was 12 054 kilometres (7494 miles) and the time taken 100 days. A complete gravity measurement traverse was carried out, a number of other scientific projects pursued, and new refinements to methods of navigation were tried. Appendices give details of fuel consump? tion and planning, and of the scientific programme
Civil engineering · Geography · Joint (building · Physical geography · African Studies and Geopolitics · Control and Dynamics of Mobile Robots · Engineering · Geology
| Highly cited | No |
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