Receive journal dispatches from the LONGITUDE Expedition   LONGITUDE Expedition expedition team journals vehicles route education parkinson's disease take me with you! sponsors pressroom The LONGITUDE Expedition On November 1, 2003 nine volunteers from the Drive Around the World organization began a nine-month, 50,000 kilometer drive around the world - crossing four continents, through 34 countries - to raise funds that will help cure Parkinson's Disease. A minimum donation of $10 makes you a sponsor and gives you a chance to win a LONGITUDE Expedition Certified Land Rover. Click the Donate and Win! Land Rover to JOIN THE DRIVE. What's New   Want to talk to the team? Next Drive Around the World Media SAT-LINK Conference is June 22   South Carolina Land Rover Club donates $1000 to Drive Around the World for Parkinson's Disease Research.   Take Me With You! Guests, Larry Rosinski and Sue Mead, join the LONGITUDE Expedition Team through 3 countries.   Rick Gustafson from Westminster, Colorado guessed our mystery animal and won a LONGITUDE Expedition T-SHIRT. We have more shirts so keep guessing!! Next winner announced on July 1. Which animal made these tracks? Drive Around the World in the News KKAR-Omaha's Steve Brown spends the hour with Expedition Leader, Nick Baggarly - June 2004 Royal Geographical Society posts Drive Around the World article - June 2004 IRIDIUM Issues Release in Support of LONGITUDE Expedition. "IRIDIUM Provides Global Satellite Communication Services for LONGITUDE Expedition - June 2004 CAAMA Aboriginal Radio broadcasts Drive Around the World update. Alice Springs, Australia - June 2004 Drive Around the World's Unprecedented Adventure for Charity Reaches Asia - May 2004 Drive Around the World featured in Student Traveler Magazine - May 2004 BFGoodrich writes, "BFGoodrich® Tires Pass Half Way Mark On Drive Around The World Expedition; Mud-Terrain T/A® KM Tires Are "Drive Around The World" Tough" - May 2004 AM 882 Australia's 6PR News Radio with 187,000 listeners interviews team member Justin Mounts (8 minutes) - May 2004 NOVA 93.7 radio station interviews team member Justin Mounts - May 2004 Expedition Leader, Nick Baggarly, interviewed on Perth radio station - May 2004 CAAMA Aboriginal Radio interviews Drive Around the World team in Alice Springs, Australia (15, 10, and 7 minute interviews) - May 2004 Channel 7 in Cairns, Australia features Drive Around the World - May 2004 Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC) interviews Drive Around the World team - May 2004 more news... Where are they now? Thailand The team is now in Bangkok, Thailand. NEXT STOP: China and India Embassies for lots of paper work and permits. View the latest Expedition Team journals and photos.  journals    photos    education    Flash route Parkinson's Around the World Harding family and Nancy in Perth, Australia The Expedition Team spends an inspirational afternoon with Allen Harding and family. The Team was introduced to Allen by Parksinon's Western Australia. More... Distance Learning Program Follow our explorations of the world’s natural and manmade wonders. Meet scientific and ecological researchers around the world, explore diverse cultures, and experience rich geographic locations along with us. Upcoming Education Visits Thailand 06/01/04 Phuket Gibbons Monkey Project 06/01/04 Royal Geographical Society Marine Institute visit in Phuket 06/04/04 Ecology and conservation field expedition in Southern Thailand 06/10/04 Thailand Parkinson's Disease Society 06/15/04 The Presidential Palace 06/18/04 Meditation at Wat Phra Kaeo, The Temple of the Emerald Buddha 06/20/04 Exploring Muang Boran's Ancient City Favorite question: Maria, an 8th grader from Riverdale School asks: "What would the needed time be to drive around Mars and the time needed to travel from Earth to Mars? Answer: The equatorial radius of Mars is 3400 km, equatorial circumference = 21362 km. A straight-line path would thus take 21362 km / (112 km/hr) = 191 hrs = 8 earth days of solid driving. (For comparison, if you could drive a straight-line equatorial path around the earth at that speed, it would take only 15 solid days of driving. Hard to believe, huh?) The mean distance from Earth to Mars is 78e6 km. At a constant 112 km/hr, this would take 700,000 hours or 79 earth years. The minimum distance from Earth to Mars is 56e6 km, which is 500,000 hours or about 57 years. Answer courtesy of Drive Around the World Advisor, Lonnie Chrisman.

Copyright © 2004 Drive Around The World. All rights reserved.

pressroom             about us             contact us