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Unlocking Secrets of the Unknown With National Geographic
Unlocking Secrets of the Unknown With National Geographic Author:Leslie Allen, Ron Fisher, Jennifer C. Urquhart, Seymour L. Fishbein, Richard M. Crum This book "chronicles the results of some of the thousands of research grants awarded since 1890" by the National Geographic Society. One chapter is about the early expeditions including to Machu Picchu, the Carlsbad Caverns, Antarctica, and Mt. Everest. Other chapters deal with the search for human beginnings, peoples past & prese... more »nt, observing animals in the wild, adventures in tracking and exploring beneath the sea, and the future.
Includes a Table of Contents, Notes on the Authors & the National Geographic Society Committee for Research & Exploration, Acknowledgments, recommendations for additional reading, and an Index. Numerous glossy black & white and color photographs; most are in color.« less