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Just One Kelek Away!

Image (c) Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University.

Diyala ferry, blowing up skins Near Kala Sherwan - Iraq. Gertrude Bell, March 1911.

"We crossed in a craft called a kelek, 19 inflated skins tied together and floored over with reeds. It looked very frail in those swift waters but it served our purpose and in 4 journeys took us and our loads over." With much gratitude to Lars Westergren, we are just one kelek and two weeks away from loading up for Basra.

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Collapse of the marsh ecosystems of southern Iraq after 1991 forced hundreds of thousands of people into urban slums, and led to contamination of the remaining water supply. We will establish three test beds to see whether brackish water returned from oil drilling and refining can be used to construct new salt marshes. These will filter water, provide forage for livestock, create habitat for fish nurseries, and give new economic opportunities.
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