The Gobi Desert is often nicknamed a “cold desert” precisely because of these severe cold snaps and the presence of snow on its dunes and plains during the colder months. The formation of the ...

The only way into the Gobi is on foot ... town near the edge of the desert to meet our camel team. We camped in the sand the last night before setting off into the dunes. I didn’t unpack the ...

After breakfast, fly over a vast steppe to Dalanzadgad. This is the gateway to the Gobi desert, comprised of mountains, sand dunes and fossil beds. Upon arrival, you will meet our drivers and ...

IN this volume, the narrative of the Sino-Swedish expedition to the Gobi Desert, which was at work continuously from 1927 until 1933, carries the story on for a further period of two years.

Nestled amidst the golden dunes of the Gobi Desert in Gansu Province, China, Crescent Lake (also known as Moon Crescent Spring) looks like an oasis from a picture book. The pool is tiny and its ...

The Gobi isn't the world's largest desert ... separated by a railroad line bordered with vegetation, spread the dunes of the Tengger Desert, another district of the Alashan.