A woman dubbed the “human swan” is to attempt a world-first circumnavigation of mainland Britain next month to mark the Cop26 climate conference being held in Glasgow.
Sacha Dench will take off from Glasgow in an adapted electric paramotor on Thursday May 20, flying anti-clockwise around the coast and returning to land in the city around six weeks later.
The Australian is known for global expeditions with migratory species but has turned her focus to climate change after losing her family home to bushfires last year.
The UN Cop26 event is set to be held at the Scottish Event Campus from November 1-12, despite activist Greta Thunberg suggesting it should be postponed again due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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