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Source of the Amazon River identificated - 1996
Source of the Amazon River identificated - 1996
Jacek Pałkiewicz2006-06-18 21:57:19
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the information presented by the cartographers of the American magazine; the stream which was most distant from the source of the Amazon River; should be the Carhuasanta River Mclntire claimed that first water traces rose from the tiny lake situated in the hills of the Choquecorao Nevado, commonly called -because of topographic map errors- "Mismi Nevado". However, that location is found two kilometers west of the place indicated by Penaherrera.
From that time, many doubts were sown. So this is how I came to organize such an ambitious and exalting exploration campaign. Each achievement made by an exploratory mission depends on perfect planning, good logistics and the selection of qualified companions. In order to have a scientific foundation I began to investigate university text books and to research archives.
Early in the year when we arrived in Peru, I contacted local institutions. Ernesto Paredes Arana, the president of the Sociedad Geografica de Lima, became interested in my idea and offered to help, as well as the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru and the Hydrography Department of the Peruvian Navy, who sent experts such as engineer Zaniel Novoa, Lieutenant Raul Rojas and Juan LuisTond.
A week later in Moscow, Professor Vladimir Katliakov from the Russian Academy of Sciences introduced me to a young scientist Serghei Ushnurtsev, a glaciologist with unusual experience on Central Asian glaciers and whose ability I cannot question at all. In the Russian capital I also met the geographer Rimma Chayrutdinova, who far from claiming any privilege because she was a woman, asked from the outset to be treated as one more member of the expedition.
Italy was also represented by Renzo Grego, an old friend of mine who shared with me the thrill of crossing Borneo from coast to coast 2,500 kilometers of jungle along the Equator.
So now there are eight of us, too many for my taste. Three nationalities, three different personalities. All of us are
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