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Crossing the Empty Quarter Expedition, the first to cross the Rub’al Khali desert since the 1930’s

Crossing the Empty Quarter Expedition, the first to cross the Rub’al Khali desert since the 1930’s

3 January 2016 News Client:The Sultanate of Oman

Eighty-five years since the first expedition in 1930, the Sultanate of Oman launched the Crossing the Empty Quarter Expedition journey, which crosses the legendary Rub’al Khali desert, will see a group of explorers take on a journey attempted only once in the history of the Sultanate. They are crossing the dunes of the most inhospitable desert…