Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Time Travel Through Iran With Swedish Explorers - Lars Larsson

The way to make a Swedish explorer feel at home is find snow wherever he goes. Over 120 years ago, a Swedish explorer named Sven Hedin went to Iran to document the geography and people of the Middle Eastern nation and ended up on the Middle East's tallest (and surprisingly snow capped) mountain. Today, explorer Lars Larsson retraced Hedin's route through Iran. He shares what has changed, and why he couldn't find a camel suitable for riding.

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