The Lost Camels Of Tartary: A Quest into Forbidden China

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.

Title - The Lost Camels Of Tartary: A Quest into Forbidden China

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Author - John Hare

ISBN 13 - 9780349111469

Imprint - Abacus

Publisher - Little, Brown Book Group

Date Published - 01/07/1999

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Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 126 x 196 x 20mm

Weight - 220 g

Languages - English