The Lost Camels Of Tartary

The Lost Camels Of Tartary by John Hare

John Hare has made three expeditions to the Mongolian and Chinese Gobi deserts, the first in 1993 with Russian scientists and the second and third with Chinese scientists in 1995 and 1996. The book records the amazing adventures he has experienced on those expeditions and will record details of the 30-day walk on foot in the formidable Kum Tagh sand dunes in the spring of 1997. He is the first recorded foreigner to have crossed the Gashun Gobi from north to south. The expeditions were primarily concerned with tracking down the mysterious wild Bactrian camel 'camelus bactrianus ferus' which lives in the heartland of the desert and is the ancestor of all domestic Bactrian stock. There are under a thousand left in the world and the wild Bactrian camel is more endangered than the giant Panda. This is John Hare's magnificent account of a formidable feat of modern exploration.

a terrific tale * LITERARY REVIEW *
an admirable book * INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY *
destined to become a modern adventure classic * FOCUS *
John Hare is a modern version of the adventurers of old.. How wonderful that, in this materialistic world, people like John exist to champion that endangered, fast-vanishng wild Bactrian camel. * Jane Goodall *

John Hare has lectured to the Royal Geographic Society, the United Nations and the Royal Society for Asian Affairs and broadcast on BBC radio and television regularly.

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ISBN 13	9780349111469
ISBN 10	0349111464
Title	The Lost Camels Of Tartary
Author	John Hare
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	1999-07-01
Number of pages	272
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