Conquering the "desert of no return"! Expedition starts to cross Taklamakan in China's Xinjiang
804 views · Published 20 November 2016 · 1:00 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: New China TV · 2016 · News & Politics
Endless sand, shifting dunes, ancient Silk Road relics...The 337,000-square-km Taklamakan in northwest China's Xinjiang is known as a "desert of no return." Swedish geographer and explorer Sven Anders Hedin tried to cross the Taklamakan along the 39 degrees north latitude line in 1895, but failed. Now a group of Chinese explorers have embarked on an ambitious expedition to cross the world's second largest shifting sand desert. Don't miss this video!
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