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contexts > human activities > travel > expeditions

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expeditions  

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  • Organised journeys, which may be undertaken, usually over months or years, for a variety of purposes including, for example, scientific research or commercial, military, political or missionary activities. They are often, but not necessarily, to remote and inhospitable areas. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environmental Change; expeditions]

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