Heart of Arabia Expedition

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The Heart of Arabia Expedition is a two-stage 1,300km journey across Saudi Arabia, loosely following the route of the explorer Harry St John (Abdullah) Philby. Just as Philby did on his travels across... more

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The podcast currently has 45 episodes available.

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November 26, 2022 A windy walk to Abu Jifan Fort – Expedition Diary Day 12
Now only 2 days trekking from Riyadh, Mark and Reem are closing in on the Abu Jifan Fort. Another place that Philby visited as he approached Riyadh and his meetings with Abdulaziz Ibn Saud. Mark and Reem look back on some of their highlights of the last 12 days and ahead to the second leg of the expedition in January.
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November 26, 2022 Meeting our camels – Expedition Diary Day 11
The expedition’s camels from The Camel Club have arrived. Mark and Reem sit down and talk to the camel herder about the camels they will be riding tomorrow as they head for the Abu Jifan watering hole that Philby visited.
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November 25, 2022 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 allowing her to capture intimate and moving moments with her camera, not just of Reem and of the people they are meeting on their journey but of the landscape, both in day but also at night when the team are bathed in stars. For Ana-Maria observing the trip through her lens is powerful, moving and thought provoking.
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November 25, 2022 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 have felt when he travelled day after day by camel.
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November 24, 2022 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 line to continue their expedition. With them, they have tucked away a very special Explorers Club flag. In this episode Mark talks about the significance and history of the Explorers Club flag no. 112 and why they’re so proud to have been allowed to take it with them.

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November 24, 2022 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.
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November 24, 2022 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 meteor impact in the world. Mark describes the massive meteor’s impact, so fast and powerful, it turned the desert sand to liquid.
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November 24, 2022 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 travelling companions who had to contend with Philby’s relentless pushing on. It was a journey of bickering, negotiation, arguing, all in search of a fabled Atlantis of the sands – Ubar.
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November 24, 2022 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 quarter’ by car, Mark talks to the team’s regional expert Alan Morrissey.
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November 20, 2022 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 exact spot he stood in 105 years ago.
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How many episodes does Heart of Arabia Expedition have?

The podcast currently has 45 episodes available.