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Expeditions can be very expensive. To cut costs we send supplies from the West Coast of the U.S. rather than from New York. Although the expeditions don’t begin until July, two people from the New York team fly to Los Angeles in March to buy supplies and ship them to Mongolia.
A few things on our shopping list
Since there are no supermarkets in the Gobi, the two ambitious shoppers have a giant shopping list. Once all this stuff is gathered, it is loaded into a large truck and driven to a dock, where it is shipped to Ulaanbaatar. The cargo arrives in June.
Plaster: When the plaster of Paris is mixed with water, it turns into a hard substance that will protect the precious fossils on their trip to the Museum. Canned foods: The team has to pick food that can survive in the desert heat. Paper bowls and chopsticks: So the team can burn their utensils after dinner rather than having to use water, which is scarce, to clean them. Sunblock: To help prevent sunburn in the desert. Big box of candy: In case someone gets a sweet tooth in the middle of nowhere, and also for the kids in the nomad families in the Gobi.
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All photos, courtesy of AMNH