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December 08, 2002

Frome River Geese, Wareham, England, 1996

Photograph by Annie Griffiths Belt

Mute swans paddle peacefully among docked boats on the Frome River in Wareham, England. Not far from here T.E. Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia) bought a little cottage in the Dorset countryside. He lived there after his mandatory retirement from the Royal Air Force at age 46.

—Text adapted from "Lawrence of Arabia: A Hero's Journey," January 1999, National Geographic magazine

(Photographed on assignment for, but not published in, "Lawrence of Arabia: A Hero's Journey," January 1999, National Geographic magazine)