Ana-Maria on finding connection – Expedition Diary Day 10 part 2
The expedition team’s photographer Ana-Maria Pavalache takes a turn at recording her thoughts for the podcast. She reflects on her developing relationship with Reem and how much the expedition is all...
25 Nov 20229min
Hiding from the wind at the end of a long day in the desert – Expedition Diary Day 10
Hiding from the wind on a shingle plain, the team pause for the night, light the fire and cook. With thoughts of crossing the Ad-Dahna dunes tomorrow, an exhausted Mark reflects on how Philby must ha...
25 Nov 20223min
Carrying the Flag - Expedition Diary Day 9
After the coldest night so far, sleeping directly under the stars on a mat in the sand, the team put up the drone to do some research then start to make their way back towards the Philby 1917 journey ...
24 Nov 20228min
Reem follows in her grandfather’s footsteps – Expedition Diary Day 8 (pt 2)
Sitting under the stars in the empty quarter, Reems shares the feelings of deep connection she’s had when she’s found herself standing in the exact places her Grandfather stood. Expedition website:...
24 Nov 20224min
Not lost cities but massive meteorites – Expedition Diary Day 8
In the middle of the empty quarter, Mark and the team navigate their way to the site where Philby had hoped to find the ‘Lost city of Ubar’, instead he found one of the best-preserved sites of a meteo...
24 Nov 20227min
Philby the hard taskmaster – Expedition Diary Day 7 (pt 2)
Resting under an incredible starry sky, Mark tells the story of how Philby came to be crossing the biggest sand desert on earth and the challenges it presented, not just to Philby, but to his travelli...
24 Nov 202210min
Driving into the empty quarter – Expedition Diary Day 7
½ way through the first leg of their expedition, Mark and the team leave the 1917 Philby route and fast forward 15 years to follow in the footsteps of a later Philby journey. Heading into the ‘empty ...
24 Nov 20224min
Standing where Philby stood – Expedition Diary Day 5
After 48 hours exploring the Al Ahsa oasis, Mark and the team start to feel an increasing connection to Harry St. John (Abdullah) Philby as they recreate some of his original images, standing in the e...
20 Nov 20229min
