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

[Gerald Flaherty]

Cassidy's book so moved me that I emailed him and he responded. Clearly a 
cool guy in his unflinching sincerity! Jerry
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From: "Notkin" <geoking at notkin.net>
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Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 8:37 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: Meteorites, Ice and Antartica


> Walter posted:
>
>> Has anyone read "Meteorites, Ice and Antartica:
>> A Personal Account" by William Cassidy?
>> Any personal reviews on this book?
>
>
> Dear Walter, Darren, and List:
>
> I was very eager to get my hands on this book, and picked up a copy as 
> soon as it was released. It's a welcome addition to my library, though I 
> had hoped it would contain more of a narrative of Mr. Cassidy's personal 
> experiences in Antarctica.
>
> I found the first few chapters, which deal primarily with the founding of 
> the ANSMET program, the early discoveries in Antarctica, and other 
> exciting adventures, to be extremely interesting. Much of the latter half 
> of the book deals with the minutiae of classification, and discussions of 
> lunar and martian meteorites and other scientific issues (as described by 
> Darren), and *I know* that kind of thing is of great interest to many of 
> you genius-type brainiacs  : )
>
> Personally, I prefer the "So there we were 1,000 miles from base camp with 
> no food or fuel . . ." kind of tale, but anyone who's read my stuff 
> probably already knows that  : )
>
> A good read however you cut it, and well worth picking up, especially --  
> again, as Darren notes -- since you can easily locate bargain-priced 
> copies. Some nice photos too.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Geoff N.
>
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