Cassidy's book so moved me that I emailed him and he responded. Clearly a
cool guy in his unflinching sincerity! Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Notkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Meteorite List" <[email protected]>
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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