Yu Chunshun
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Yu Chunshun was a Chinese
explorer. He died of dehydration in 1996 while searching for a lost oasis in the Lop Nur
desert in Xinjiang
province, People's Republic of China
. His body was discovered only two kilometers away from his next buried cache of food and water.
China
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explorer. He died of dehydration in 1996 while searching for a lost oasis in the Lop Nur
Lop Nur
Lop Lake or Lop Nur is a group of small, now seasonal salt lake sand marshes between the Taklamakan and Kuruktag deserts in the Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, southeastern portion of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China.The lake system into which the Tarim...
desert in Xinjiang
Xinjiang
Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km2...
province, People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
. His body was discovered only two kilometers away from his next buried cache of food and water.