DATES: 7–22 September 2016 (16 nights)
COST: From $11,995pp – a proportion of
which supports the work of the MAS and AGS
BOOKINGS: Call 1300 888 225, email
[email protected] or visit
http://www.odysseytraveller.com
INCLUSIONS: Accommodation in lodges,
gers and camp, all meals, internal fl ightsAUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION 2016
GOBI DESERT FOSSIL DIG
Join us on a thrilling adventure in remote Mongolia to hunt for dinosaurs!
S
OME OF the world’s most
spectacular fossils come from the
Gobi Desert, but few people will
ever have the opportunity to go there
with professional palaeontologists to hunt
for these treasures. Join the AG Society
on this special scientifi c expedition, run
in collaboration with the Mongolian
Academy of Sciences (MAS) and Odyssey
Travel. Your hosts include John Pickrell,
editor of AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC,
DETAILS: YOU WILL BE LED AND GUIDED BY: PROUDLY PRESENTED BY:JOHN PICKRELL – EDITOR
OF AG, AUTHOR OF
FLYING DINOSAURSDR TSOGTBAATAR KHISHIGJAV- HEAD OF THE MONGOLIAN
PALAEONTOLOGY CENTRE
dinosaur enthusiast and author of Flying
Dinosaurs; and Dr Tsogtbaatar Khishigjav,
renowned dinosaur hunter and head of
the Mongolian Palaeontology Centre. We
will take a group of up to 15 volunteers
into the heart of the eastern Gobi,
where rocks are exposed from the early
Cretaceous, a key period of dinosaur
evolution. We’ll travel in a convoy of
4WDs to a series of sites to discover and
excavate fossils. Evenings will be spentenjoying meals cooked by the fi eld
chef around the ger (yurt) at the centre
of camp. Prior to eight nights spent
camping in the desert, the expedition
begins in the Mongolian capital,
Ulaanbaatar, where we’ll visit museums,
the Gandan Monastery and the fossil
preparation laboratory of the Mongolian
Palaeontology Centre. Find more details
and a story on the 2015 Gobi expedition
in an upcoming issue of the journal.November–December 2015 99