Large-scale camel expedition of Russian traveler Fyodor Konyukhov's has ended in the UAE. In about two weeks, the 72-year-old traveler crossed all the Emirates

The first ever Russian-Arab camel expedition has ended in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It was attended by traveler Fyodor Konyukhov and team. This is stated on Konyukhov's official website.

The team members set off on a trip from the Al Ain suburb of Abu Dhabi on January 27. In two weeks, they crossed all seven emirates and completed their journey in the city of Al-Saadi in the emirate of Ras al-Khaimah. At the finish line, the expedition was greeted by Sheikh Sultan bin Ali bin Saif Ali Al Khatib.

Fyodor Konyukhov also shared his impressions calling the camel expedition a "journey through time": "Majestic sand dunes, dry desert wind, endless starry sky — all this sets up thoughts of eternity. I am taking with me new impressions, sketches for future paintings and plans for a large expedition across the entire Arabian Peninsula."

It is worth noting that this is not the first caravan expedition of the 72-year-old traveler. In 2002, he visited Russian Kalmykia, Astrakhan, Dagestan, Stavropol Territory and Volgograd Region on camels.

Editorial note

Fyodor Filippovich Konyukhov (born December 12, 1951, Ukrainian SSR, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian traveler, writer, artist, priest of Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).

Fyodor Filippovich Konyukhov  made five circumnavigations of the world alone, crossed the Atlantic 17 times, and once on a rowing boat. The first Russian to visit all Seven Peaks, alone at the South and North Poles. The winner of the national award "Crystal Compass" and the Guinness World Records. The first person in the world to reach the five poles of the Earth: North geographical (three times), South geographical, Pole of relative inaccessibility in the Arctic Ocean, Everest (pole of altitude), Cape Horn (pole of yachtsmen). The first in Russia reached the North and South Poles on skis, the first made a solo circumnavigation of the world, the first completed the Seven Peaks program, the second made a round-the-world balloon flight alone, setting two absolute world records

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