[meteorite-list] Re: Meteorites, Ice and Antartica

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Darren posted:


> In that case, you really need to pick Meteorite Hunter if you haven't 
> already.
>
> http://www.fetchbook.info/compare.do?search=0071372245


Dear Darren:

Not only have I read Roy Gallant's excellent book, I'm in it  : )  
Check out the chapter on the Pogigai Crater, Siberia expedition 1999. I 
also reviewed the book for the August, 2002 issue of "Meteorite" 
magazine.

During the expedition, Roy made a documentary film called, "Diamonds, 
Mosquitos, and a Very Big Crater" (or something like that) which I 
believe was shown on PBS in the American northeast. I have a VHS copy, 
so if you come visit, we'll have a screening. It's great fun, even with 
the walnut-sized mosquitos buzzing around us all the time.

Thanks for the recommendation, though. Roy is one of my heroes and as 
fine a gentleman adventurer as I expect to meet in this lifetime. 
"Meteorite Hunter" is definitely in my All-Time Top Five meteorite 
books (and not just because I'm in it, silly).

List members who order that, along with Cassidy's "Meteorites, Ice and 
Antarctica," will not want to leave their armchairs for days!

The Antarctic is sounding pretty good at the moment, with temperatures 
in Tucson at 106+ degrees this week.


Regards to all,

Geoff N.