Emirati on Antarctica expedition reminded of ‘purity of the dunes’ – The National

by Leslie Rohde on March 16, 2011

In a blog entry, Mr al Subaihi likened the sparse beauty of the glaciers to the “purity of the dunes” in Al Ain.
A little more than a week after setting off on an environmental expedition to Antarctica, a group of Emiratis have already sailed through five-metre-high waves, spotted penguins and camped on the frozen land.
The team is expected to visit King George Island tomorrow, where they will visit Mr Swan’s e-Base, a facility run entirely on renewable energy.
The team set sail from Ushuaia, Argentina on March 6, crossing the Drake Passage to the Antarctic Peninsula.

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Emirati on Antarctica expedition reminded of ‘purity of the dunes’ – The National

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