Three hundred million years ago our Earth comprised of one landmass that has been given the name of Pangea.
Pangea broke up into Laurasia (comprising of Eurasia and North America) and Gondwanaland (Africa, South America, Antarctica, India and Australia).

PANGEA ONE WORLD EXPEDITION
After the successful 25,200km Gondwanaland Expedition undertaken in 2006 – from the Indian Himalaya to Cape Agulhus, the southernmost tip of Africa – the celebrated explorer and author Akhil Bakshi set out on the 35,000km Pangea One World Expedition – an overland journey from the Arctic to the Antarctic.

Starting from Deadhorse Creek on the Arctic Ocean in Alaska, the four-month journey ended at Cape Horn, the southernmost tip of South America.

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ITINERARY

OBJECTIVE

The focus of the expedition was climate change - a serious issue that has pan-world implications. During the journey meetings were held with environment scientists, metrologists, hydrographers and agronomists to study actions being taken by various countries on monitoring the status of climate change and on their preparedness to meet the challenge.   

     

Team members Akhil Bakshi and Dr Rajendra Jain at the International Arctic Research Centre, Alaska

 

 

 

 

With Dr Benjamin Martinez Lopez, Professor of Climatology and Solar Radiation, and Dr Arturo Quintanar, Professor of Hydrology and Meteorology in Mexico City.

Dr Uma Bhatt, Associate Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

 

Prof. Pablo Canziani, Director, Equipo Interdisciplinario para el Estudio de Procesos Atmósféricos en el Cambio Global (PEPACG), Pontificia Universidad Católica, Buenos Aires, Argentina

With Professor Francisco Plaza of University of Salamanca

 

 

 

 

With Dr Benjamin Martinez Lopez, Professor of Climatology and Solar Radiation, and Dr Arturo Quintanar, Professor of Hydrology and Meteorology in Mexico City.

The expedition report will be shared with following ministries and national organisations working on climate change.

  • Ministry of Environment & Forests
  • Ministry of Science & Technology
  • Ministry of Water Resources
  • Ministry of Agriculture
  • The Environment Research Institute

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