British Adventurer Prepares To Cross The Empty Desert Quarter
3,048 views · Published 3 November 2015 · 3:06 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Sky News · 2015 · News & Politics
Adventurer Mark Evans prepares to walk 1,300km across the unforgiving desert of the Rub Al Khali from Salalah in Oman through Saudi Arabia to Doha in Qatar - 85 years after the first and only other recorded crossing of the empty quarter by British explorer Bertram Thomas in 1930. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more great videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews and https://twitter.com/skynewsbreak Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews For more great content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: iPad https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/Sky-News-for-iPad/id422583124 iPhone https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB
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