View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Arabia

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... ArabiaView of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking across dunes in Al Humrah sands during their journey to Umm az Zumul. In the near distance three of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions ride across rolling sand dunes. In the near left one of the men rides his camel at the top of a dune, while below, at the centre, a second man crosses a depression between the dunes. Further ahead a third member of the party rides towards the distance. Each man's mount is

A number of men and camels crowd around a well

In the foreground an oarsman rows a covered abra filled with passengers

Portrait of Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan on a dhow (sailboat) in the Abu Dhabi islands

View of two booms (large boats

The Lhasa United football team who challenged the British Mission to a game of football

Standing full length profile portrait of a thoroughbred camel on an Abu Dhabi island

resting with their loads

Behind them gear lies in the sand around the camp

In background

while the lower storey is completely walled in

the wireless operator

View of giant lobelias growing near Mount Buahit in the Simien range of mountains