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Through a Land of Extremes: The Littledales of Central Asia
Nicholas Clinch and Elizabeth Clinch
The forgotten story of the Littledales, a Victorian couple who explored Central Asia more extensively than any Europeans of their era — across the Gobi, the Pamirs, and Tibet. Adventure as marriage.
exploration
Mountains & Climbing
History
Asia
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Publisher
Mountaineer Books
Published
2011
Related Wild Words
ablation
ah-BLAY-shun
qamutiik
kah-MOO-teek
saxifrage
SAX-ih-frij
foehn
FURN (German); FAYN (anglicized)
cerro de trincheras
SEH-roh deh trin-CHEH-rahs
transhumance
tranz-HYOO-munts
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