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Geography Challenge 1997
Team Canada
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| National Geographic World Championship 1997 |
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Date: August 1997
Location: Washington, D.C., USA
Team Canada: Durgesh Saraph, Rohan Verghese, Pierre-Marc Lanteigne and Armand Gaudry |
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Canada wins Geography Olympiad
It was a come-from-behind victory for Team Canada in the 1997 International
Geography Olympiad held August 5 and 6 in Washington, D.C. The competition,
organized by the National Geographic Society, included a multiple-choice
test, an orienteering exercise and a skill-testing championship
round.
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Team Canada 1997 |
Photo: Wolf Kutnahorsky |
Team Canada, sponsored by the RCGS, was behind entering the
final round but pulled ahead to finish first.
Argentina placed second, and Russia third.
Team Canada, pictured here en route to the competition, included (clockwise from top left)
Durgesh Saraph of Mississauga, Ont., Rohan Verghese of Brantford,
Ont., Pierre-Marc Lanteigne of Boucherville, Que., and Armand Gaudry
of Lillooet, B.C. Look for the full story in the next Canadian
Geographic.
— Anita Lahey, Canadian Geographic Sept/Oct 1997
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