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Article: Richard sets new record for gobi desert challenge ; ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  August 1, 2008 ;     532 words ... ... the world to complete the 150- mile Gobi Desert Challenge - and now Richard Gannon has ... South Hams, won this year's extreme Gobi Desert ultra-marathon, completing the 150 ... food and drink and the best kit." The Gobi Desert Challenge, across the Mongolian desert ...

Article: Wishbone links species: Gobi Desert find indicates ...
The Washington Times;  November 16, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... commonly known as a wishbone, found in the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. The paleontologist and ... said. The 1991-92 expedition to the Gobi Desert, which included Mr. Clark and scientists ... Mongolian Academy of Sciences. The Gobi Desert, which was closed to most scientists ...

Transcript: Profile: Life in China near the Gobi Desert is ...
NPR Morning Edition;  August 5, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... 2004 Profile: Life in China near the Gobi Desert is very hard with water being scarce ... Route 312 from the east coast to the Gobi Desert. He reports that in much of the rural ... s barren northwest, the edge of the Gobi Desert. The dry, yellow earth makes farming ...

Article: Gobi desert beckons Sophie
Bath Chronicle, The;  April 2, 2009 ;     429 words ... ... Sophie Collett is now looking to run in the heat - in the Gobi Desert. The 24-year-old accident and emergency nurse at Bath ... I'm going for a hot race next time so have entered the Gobi Desert Challenge, which is held over 150 miles and will be completely ...

Article: Gobi desert's dunes advance on Beijing
The Independent - London;  April 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Just last week, a massive sandstorm originating in the Gobi desert rose seven miles into the atmosphere, charged over the Pacific ... singling out Beijing's peril. A carpet of wind-borne Gobi desert sand - and the accompanying prospect of lungfuls of sandy ...

Article: China's Gobi desert source of rare dinosaur find
AP Online;  March 16, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... lake and died 90 million years ago in what would become the Gobi Desert. The well-preserved fossils, excavated by a team of Chinese ... sinornithomimus near Suhongtu, a tiny, remote village in the Gobi desert about 370 miles (600 kilometers) west of Hohhot. The position ...

Article: [ DESTINATIONSCamping in the Gobi Desert just got ...
Daily Breeze;  July 31, 2005 ;     700+ words ...DESTINATIONSCamping in the Gobi Desert just got easier Long an outpost of luxury in the wilds of Mongolia's Gobi Desert, the Three Camel Lodge has added 15 new handmade "gers" with Western- style amenities. They're the only gers of their ...