WOW FACTORS

WAYWARD ADVENTURES On 4 October 1957, Sputnik I jetted out of Earth's atmosphere and kickstarted space travel; today, Earth is orbited by the International Space Station – testament to human ingenuity, imagination and explorer spirit. History is filled with inspiring – and frequently absurd – tales of those who wanted to know, ‘what's behind that next bend’. Here are some of them… Ibn Battuta set off from Morocco in 1325 on his Hajj. He returned 29 years and 120 000km later In 1912, Henry Bowers, Apsley Cherry-Garrard and Bill Wilson collected emperor penguin eggs in Antarctica. For 35 days, they navigated by candlelight in the dark winter, and returned with 3 eggs David Livingstone was the first European to cross southern Africa by following the ZAMBEZI RIVER from the Indian Ocean…

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Getaway (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2022

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