Group portrait of sailors hoisting ... Frame:natural

Group portrait of sailors hoisting ... Frame:naturalGroup portrait of sailors hoisting sails on a dhow (sailboat) travelling through the Persian Gulf from Dubai to Bahrain Island. A group of sailors stand in a line on the deck, pulling heavily on a thick rope attached to a large pulley. One of the men stands beside the pulley, watching the ropes. In the right background the dhow's cockpit sits behind the mast. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's May 18 28, 1948 journey by dhow from Dubai to

holding a stick and carrying a basket of fodder on his back

Further along the aisle people walk through the market

Drawing water at a well near the town of Najran

In the near distance three members of Wilfred Thesiger's party trek through the sands with their camels

Close-up portrait of a young Samburu man

The bustard lies in the sand with its head up

The woman on the left holds a water skin in her hands

In the distance beyond the dune continues to rise higher into a crescent shaped crest on the right

Wilfred Thesiger's shadow is cast across the boy's torso

beyond the an expanse of water gently rippled by the wind

In the foreground two saddled camels

She is wearing large earrings