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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 07:26:29 -0400
From: J & K Galembush <jgale53@ho*.co*>
To: TGunther@co*.co*
CC: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: SCIENTISTS at the EXTREME
Actually its "Science at the Extreme", Taylor/Lovejoy.  Can be had from Amazon
for
$23.96 US.

Regards,

JG

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TGunther@co*.co* wrote:

> List:
>
> There is a new book that just hit the shelves called, "Scientists at the
> Extreme" by Peter Taylor.     In it is an entire chapter on JJ and George and
> their efforts with the WKPP.   The author notes that the explorers in this
book
> "stand on the shoulders of such legends as Lewis & Clark, Jane Goodall,
Jacques
> Cousteau, and John Muir" and then goes on to explain why.
>
> The chapter gives insightful glimpses into both JJ and George (whom the author
> refers to George as being the "silverback gorilla of underwater cave
> exploration") and the inner workings of the WKPP.   It's twenty-six pages long
> and contains thirteen glossy photographs and three graphics of different
aspects
> of the team.    I thought the article was well written (despite and occasional
> error) and very complimentary overall.
>
> Pick up the book at any of Barnes and Noble or Tower Books (where I got mine)
> and read what message George has taped for himself to the inside of his van
> door.   Or what JJ motioned to the author when the author stirred up the silt
> below the team before one of their world-record dives.
>
> Tod
>
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