Editing Nile (section)

== Modern achievements and exploration ==
=== White Nile ===
In 1951, American [[John Goddard (adventurer)|John Goddard]] together with two French explorers became the first to successfully navigate the entire Nile from its source in Burundi at the potential headsprings of the Kagera River in Burundi to its mouth on the Mediterranean Sea, a journey of approximately {{cvt|6800|km|||}}. Their 9-month journey is described in the book ''Kayaks down the Nile''.<ref>[[National Geographic Society|National Geographic]] wrote an article about this trip in its Magazine issue dated May 1955.</ref>

The White Nile Expedition, led by South African national [[Hendrik Coetzee]], navigated the White Nile's entire length of approximately {{convert|3700|km|mi}}. The expedition began at the White Nile's beginning at Lake Victoria in Uganda, on 17 January 2004 and arrived at the Mediterranean in Rosetta, four and a half months later.<ref>[[National Geographic Society|National Geographic]] released a feature film about the expedition in late 2005 entitled ''The Longest River''.</ref>

=== Blue Nile ===
The Blue Nile Expedition, led by geologist Pasquale Scaturro and his partner, kayaker and documentary filmmaker Gordon Brown became the first known people to descend the entire Blue Nile, from Lake Tana in Ethiopia to the beaches of Alexandria on the Mediterranean. Their approximately {{convert|5230|km|mi|adj=on}} journey took 114 days, from 25 December 2003 to 28 April 2004. Though their expedition included others, Brown and Scaturro were the only ones to complete the entire journey.<ref>They chronicled their adventure with an [[IMAX]] camera and two handheld video cams, sharing their story in the IMAX film ''[[Mystery of the Nile]]'' released in 2005, and in a book of the same title.</ref> Although they descended [[whitewater]] manually, the team used [[outboard motor]]s for much of their journey.

On 29 January 2005, Canadian Les Jickling and New Zealander Mark Tanner completed the first human-powered transit of Ethiopia's Blue Nile. Their journey of over {{convert|5000|km|mi}} took five months. They recount that they paddled through two war zones, regions notorious for bandits, and were arrested at gunpoint.<ref>Mark Tanner, [http://marktanner.com/niletrip/about.html Paddling the Blue Nile in Flood] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101203027/http://marktanner.com/niletrip/about.html |date=1 November 2014 }}. Retrieved 1 November 2014</ref>