An Icy Superhighway From Namibia to Brazil

By Robin George Andrews Namibia is famed for its deserts, including the world’s oldest, a vast expanse of undulating, scorched sand dunes occasionally visited by an ethereal fog. But around 300 million years ago, Namibia was frozen and located near the South Pole, smooshed against what is now South America within the emerging Pangea supercontinent. There, it was a superhighway for fast-moving ice, […]

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Let’s Go to Namibia

Namibia is a large and sparsely-populated country located in South Western Africa. It is home to just over 2 million people, including the notable Himba Tribe, who are well-known for their ochre-coloured dreadlocks. Namibia was home to the San, Damara, and Nama people before becoming a German colony in 1884. The country gained its independence on […]

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