Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Charlie Frew: Off-road from Hong Kong to Portugal

Wed, 12/21/2011 - 11:00 — Anonymous Show map at bottom of page On May 19,
2010, Hong Kong-based marine ecologist and part-time adventure racer Charlie
Frew set off on a year-long, off-road journey across the world. His mission
was to drive 40,233 kilometers from Hong Kong to Portugal, alone, in a 1992
Hilux 2.4 TD, "fully spec'd out with a fake snorkel, bug deflector and way
too many Chinese parts" as Frew puts it. Along the way, the 40-year-old had
conversations about climate change with people living across Eurasia, some
amongst the most fragile environments and remotest habitable regions on
earth. Frew used their thoughts to complete a "social understanding" of
global warming based on interviews, images and film. His findings were based
not on hard science, but experience.read more

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