Finding the Source of the Nile River

The source of the Nile has been sought after for millennia to no avail. But today I take a look at where this question comes from, those who tried to solve it, and why. Who knows, maybe by the end we'll even get an answer to our question, as well as get a glimpse into Africa's future. Support me on Patreon here:   / atlaspro   Follow me on Twitter @theatlaspro Music from:   / atlas-pro-music   Special thanks to WonderWhy for guest appearing as Dr. David Livingstone, subscribe to his channel here:    / wonderwhy7439   Sources / further reading https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/7/... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwenzor... https://www.cnn.com/2014/04/03/world/.... https://www.cambridge.org/core/journa... https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint... https://nsidc.org/cryosphere/glaciers... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europea... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinine... https://www.nature.com/articles/062012a0 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/8/5/17... https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Cont... https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Cont... https://www.jstor.org/stable/1774261?... https://books.google.com/books?id=HcD... https://archive.org/details/howifound... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_K... https://www.britannica.com/biography/... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_K... https://blogs.agu.org/fromaglacierspe... https://www.cambridge.org/core/journa... https://www.thestoryinstitute.com/rwe... https://archive.instituteartistmanage... https://na.unep.net/geas/getuneppagew...    • Mt Stanley 1906-2016 Photographic transition   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emin_Pa... https://www.nkuringosafaris.com/the-r... https://www.theguardian.com/environme... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europea... https://www.researchgate.net/figure/N... https://www.researchgate.net/figure/I... https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ima... https://www.africanworldheritagesites... https://www.intelligence-airbusds.com... https://na.unep.net/geas/getuneppagew... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://www.researchgate.net/figure/P... https://www.jstor.org/stable/1774261 https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Cont... https://blogs.agu.org/fromaglacierspe... https://www.cambridge.org/core/journa... https://www.jstor.org/stable/25647750 https://www.google.com/search?q=mt+ke... https://www.cambridge.org/core/journa...