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Description: The source of the Nile has been sought after for millennia to no avail. But today I take a look at where this question comes from, those who tried to solve it, and why. Who knows, maybe by the end we'll even get an answer to our question, as well as get a glimpse into Africa's future. Support me on Patreon here: patreon.com/atlaspro Follow me on Twitter @theatlaspro Music from: soundcloud.com/atlas-pro-music Special thanks to WonderWhy for guest appearing as Dr. David Livingstone, subscribe to his channel here: youtube.com/c/WonderWhy7439 Sources / further reading tc.copernicus.org/articles/7/419/2013/tc-7-419-2013.pdf en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwenzori_Mountains#/media/File:Explorer_Chapin_with_Club_Flag_-4.JPG cnn.com/2014/04/03/world/africa/last-chance-disappearing-glaciers/index.html#:~:text=The%20Rwenzori%20glaciers%20occur%20on,than%200.4%20square%20miles%20today. cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-glaciology/article/some-observations-on-the-glaciers-of-mt-kenya/D59359EE2EDB4606BB60BC41DDE0D34B discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/11205/1/2006GL025962.pdf nsidc.org/cryosphere/glaciers/life-glacier.html en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_exploration_of_Africa#/media/File:1813_Thomson_Map_of_Africa_-_Geographicus_-_Africa-thomson-1813.jpg en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinine#/media/File:Cinchona_calisaya_-_K%C3%B6hler%E2%80%93s_Medizinal-Pflanzen-179.jpg nature.com/articles/062012a0 mdpi.com/2076-3263/8/5/174/htm alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1955_files/AJ60%201955%20270-275%20Howard%20Mt%20Kenya.pdf alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1965_files/AJ%201965%20294-296%20Phillips%20Mt%20Kenya.pdf jstor.org/stable/1774261?seq=1 books.google.com/books?id=HcDR7nTiVAYC archive.org/details/howifoundliving01stangoog en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Livingstone#/media/File:Map_livingstone_travels_africa.jpg en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kilimanjaro#/media/File:Der-Kilimandscharo.jpg britannica.com/biography/Henry-Morton-Stanley en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kilimanjaro#/media/File:Kilimanjaro_dymamics2.jpg blogs.agu.org/fromaglaciersperspective/2010/05/20/rwenzori-glacier-retreat-loss cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-glaciology/article/observations-on-the-glaciers-of-the-ruwenzori/7BCB60F57D2A3B09D9E3F05F01D0FC7E thestoryinstitute.com/rwenzori-mountains archive.instituteartistmanagement.com/?49800532755136778403&EVENT=WEBSHOP_SEARCH&OFFER=1767&SEARCHMODE=OFFER na.unep.net/geas/getuneppagewitharticleidscript.php?article_id=90 youtube.com/watch?v=gCbWOiqYOgY en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emin_Pasha_Relief_Expedition#/media/File:Emin_pasha_relief_expedition_map_1890.png nkuringosafaris.com/the-rwenzori-mountains theguardian.com/environment/2012/jun/03/melting-glaciers-rwenzori-uganda-congo en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_exploration_of_Africa#/media/File:1813_Thomson_Map_of_Africa_-_Geographicus_-_Africa-thomson-1813.jpg researchgate.net/figure/Natural-distribution-of-Cinchona-pubescens-modified-after-Andersson-1998-Jaeger_fig1_281129770 researchgate.net/figure/Ice-retreat-over-Kilimanjaro-based-on-the-revised-areal-extent-for-the-following-years_fig1_257566952 earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/89605/the-zones-of-kilimanjaro africanworldheritagesites.org/assets/files/Maps_&_Satellite_Images_of_the_Rwenzori_Mountains_National_Park.pdf intelligence-airbusds.com/en/5751-image-gallery-details?img=33704#.YUon8WZKjzc na.unep.net/geas/getuneppagewitharticleidscript.php?article_id=90 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Map_of_the_routes_of_The_Emin_Pasha_Relief_Expedition_Wellcome_L0034371.jpg researchgate.net/figure/Pierre-Savorgnan-de-Brazza-1852-1905_fig1_295255142 jstor.org/stable/1774261 alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1989-90_files/AJ%201989%20154-161%20Gates%20Mackinder.pdf blogs.agu.org/fromaglaciersperspective/2012/03/13/tyndall-glacier-retreat-kenya cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-glaciology/article/s-hastenrath-2008-recession-of-equatorial-glaciers-a-photo-documentation-madison-wi-sundog-publishing-142pp-isbn13-978-0-9729033-3-2-softback-us80/E8F9DFE32C3B106BDE8FD5AAEC0381CC jstor.org/stable/25647750 google.com/search?q=mt+kenya+glacier+retreat&oq=mt+kenya+glacier+retreat&aqs=chrome..69i57j33i22i29i30l2.6627j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#:~:text=Mapping%20the%20Loss,mdpi.com%20%E2%80%BA%20pdf cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-glaciology/article/equatorial-glaciers-of-east-africa/08F939EA39FD6CD0E2CEF2004C8AE0BA