Aral Sea

[duncan]

anyone watch that program on Channel 4 on Monday night, about the Aral Sea (between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan). Some really good filming. There were abandoned boats miles from where the sea now is, and a trip to an island the Soviets had used for chemical/biological weapons testing.

[kokotheclown]

I saw it. The fella that does it is a real dramarama though.

I saw some other guy go to the same place (maybe Ian Wright from lonely planet) and he wasn't wearing any protective gear at all.

[Pgcc93]

I was watching Genghis Khan on BBC1 and forgot that Going to Extremes: the Silk Routes was on at the same time. Bugger!

[Captain Brittles]

I'm sorry I missed this too. I remember seeing something before about the shrinkage of the Aral but don't remember the specifics.



Inland seas and alpine glaciers against climate change (ya bass)

[Fossil]

anyone watch that program on Channel 4 on Monday night, about the Aral Sea (between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan). Some really good filming. There were abandoned boats miles from where the sea now is, and a trip to an island the Soviets had used for chemical/biological weapons testing.

Seen it also Duncan,
Seen summit like this on Sky a while back.

Fossil

[red_kola]

I was watching Genghis Khan on BBC1 and forgot that Going to Extremes: the Silk Routes was on at the same time. Bugger!

You need UKNova

It's hard to join as they have reached their membership limit, but keep trying every day as they regularly purge their worst leaches and memberships do become available...

If you're already there:
http://www.uknova.com/browse.php?search=Going+to+Extremes&cat=0

[Pgcc93]

Cheers red_kola I'll bombard them until I get a membership

[mrlipring]

'tis a good site, yep.