The Pan-American Highway: The Longest Road in the World

Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/geographics for 10% off on your first purchase. → Subscribe for new videos two times per week. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw?sub_confirmation=1 This video is #sponsored by Squarespace. Our sister channels: Biographics - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ TopTenz - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ-hpFPF4nOKoKPEAZM_THw/ Credits: Host - Simon Whistler Author - Arnaldo Teodorani Producer - Jennifer Da Silva Executive Producer - Shell Harris Business inquiries to admin@toptenz.net Source/Further reading: Geographic facts https://brilliantmaps.com/pan-american-highway/ The Dalton HIghway https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/ockhamsrazor/driving-alaska%E2%80%99s-dangerous-dalton-highway/5897030#:~:text=The%20Dalton%20Highway%20is%20no,series%20World s%20Most%20Dangerous%20Roads.&text=The%20highway%20is%20twinned%20with,of%20Prudhoe%20Bay%20to%20Valdez. History of the Pan American Highway https://www.ucf.edu/pegasus/pan-american-highway/ https://www.worldconstructionnetwork.com/features/the-pan-american-highway-from-alaska-to-argentina/ US foreing policy and interest in Latin America https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79R01012A002400010001-5.pdf https://globalminingobserver.com/meyer-daniel-guggenheim-copper-196 https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=23 The Darien Gap https://www.academia.edu/21306515/Colombia_Panama_and_the_Pan-American_Highway_Agreements_and_Desagreements https://www.cntraveler.com/story/the-60-mile-darien-gap-leaves-the-pan-american-highway-forever-incomplete Cycling record https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-cycle-journey-of-the-pan-american-highway?fb_comment_id=677632535683297_936995613080320#:~:text=The%20fastest%20cycle%20journey%20of,July%20to%2016%20October%202018. Drug Smuggling https://www.businessinsider.com/heres-how-drugs-are-getting-smuggled-from-south-america-to-the-us-2017-9?r=US&IR=T https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-50807882 Mountain of Death https://www.dangerousroads.org/central-america/costa-rica/78-cerro-de-la-muerte-costa-rica.html Danger in Peru https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/braving-the-pan-american-highway-of-death-1699763/ Atacama desert https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/south-america/chile/explore-chile-atacama-desert-stargazing/ Ushuaia https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2000/oct/14/argentina