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Journey Around the 5 Stans in Central Asia (October, 2024)

December 4, 2024 Ken Powell 13 Comments

Summary A. Introduction B. Geography, a) Where did we go? C. Geography, b) Deserts, Mountains, Seas/Lakes, and Canals D. The…

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Attachments to Blog “Journey Around the 5 Stans in Central Asia”

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Attachment #1: Geography, c) Cities to be noted Tashkent, Uzbekistan The city dates to the 3rd century BC and is…

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Billboards Reflect American Culture

December 23, 2023 Ken Powell 7 Comments

Last month, as Penny and I drove down through the eastern states to South Carolina to spend a couple of…

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List of “Powell Ponderings” Blogs

December 18, 2023 Ken Powell Leave a comment

(powellponderings.com) Here is a handy index, plus appropriate links, to the blogs I have written: * Attachment #1: Extremist Groups…

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Iceland, including circumnavigation by ship (then England), July 2023

November 24, 2023 Ken Powell 7 Comments

I’ve found over my many years of travel that there are three kinds of people one encounters after returning from…

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Civilizations Collide in Extreme Conditions in the Search for a Northwest Passage 

October 21, 2022 Ken Powell 6 Comments

An analysis of the impact 400 years of European exploration searching for a  Northwest Passage. Preamble Where is “there”? Who…

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Through the Northwest Passage (Sept 2022): Summary of the trip by Penny and Ken

Ken Powell 18 Comments

Introduction Itinerary Here is our daily itinerary, including what and where we were, and what we did: Wednesday, Sept 7:…

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Attachment #1: Key Arctic Explorers

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Key Arctic Explorers – the European Quest for a Northwest Passage in the Arctic Ocean  1585-87: John Davis voyages. He…

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