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Alan Volbrecht, PLS, was principal of Volbrecht Surveys for 27 years when he embarked on the first leg of his journey to follow the footsteps of Sir George Everest and others who conducted the Great Arc survey of India. He can be contacted at alanvolb@gmail.com
In part one of Alan Volbrecht’s story, he became intrigued by the story of the survey of India and decided, as any good surveyor might, to follow the footsteps of those surveyors. We resume the narrative with his efforts to locate and visit the former residence of Sir George Everest.