Pole to Pole — Season 1, Episode 4: Shifting Sands
Documentary • 50 min • 1 season, 8 episodes • ★ 7.9/10
Episode synopsis
In this part of the journey Michael Palin crosses the Sudan. He crosses the Nubian desert in the north of the country and traverses a region ravaged by drought, poverty, famine and civil war. Unable to follow the line of 30 degrees east, he is forced to take a route along the border with Northern Ethiopia.
About Pole to Pole
Michael Palin undertakes an epic journey of 23,000 miles, traveling from the North to the South Pole across 17 countries with a minimum of air travel, all on a tight deadline.