Oceanographer and museum director Dr. Ed Sobey travels the world conducting research, arranging museum exhibitions, and training science teachers. He dives for sunken treasure, winters in Antarctica, and records whale vocalizations from his ocean kayak. In a series of short stories he relates the exotic experiences that befall a curious adventurer.
Table des matières
Across the oceans
Hang on Tightly and Look Up
Under Fire
Living on Thin Ice
Digging a Hole in the Ross Sea
How to Go at 40 Below
This isn’t Going to End Well
Sailing Across the Pacific Ocean
Let a Sleeping Whale Sleep
Hit by a Whale
Night of the Turtle
Shark!
Sweetwater Paddling
Busted by US Customs Inspectors
Yellowstone River Upside Down
Now on Exhibit
Busted in Peru
Armored Car
Fire Alarms were Sounding
It Takes a Village to Catch a Thief
Fee Snake with Your Call to 911
Racing Tricycles Underwater
‘Kick Me’ in Cairo
Diving for Shipwreck Treasure: Cue the Jaws Theme
Sinking a Rolls Royce in the Atlantic Ocean
Museum Director’s Rookie Mistakes
Lassoed by a Shark Sucker
King of Treasure Divers
Transporting Treasure
Dinosaur with a Broken Neck
Along the Great Wall of China
Creating the National Toy Hall of Fame
Traveling on a Paper Rocket
The Man with a Sub-machine Gun Said: Give the Nice Policeman Some Money
Leroy Just Got Out
Short Hike
Inside the Volcano
Goat Rocks
Bears Ate My Breakfast
Parting Thought
Appendix
A propos de l’auteur
Ed holds a Ph D in oceanography and has directed five science centers and museums in the US. He was founding director of the National Inventors Hall of Fame and founder of the National Toy Hall of Fame. The Fulbright Commission has given him three awards to train science teachers overseas. He teaches for Semester at Sea and has traveled to more than 120 countries on seven continents. His wife, Barbara, plays a big role in many of his adventures including sailing across the Pacific Ocean. He has published 33 books and created and hosted his own television show on inventing and science.
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