Exploring Caves: Journeys Into the Earth
Autor Nancy Holler Aulenbach, Hazel A. Barton, Marfe Ferguson Delanoen Limba Engleză Hardback – 28 feb 2001 – vârsta de la 8 până la 12 ani
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780792277217
ISBN-10: 079227721X
Pagini: 64
Dimensiuni: 240 x 283 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Editura: NATL GEOGRAPHIC SOC
ISBN-10: 079227721X
Pagini: 64
Dimensiuni: 240 x 283 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Editura: NATL GEOGRAPHIC SOC
Descriere
Two veteran cavers explore three different kinds of caves and are accompanied by an IMAX film crew to capture the expeditions to chambers of ice in Greenland, underwater caves in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, and terrestrial caves in the United States. Readers learn how caves are formed and mapped, what types of animals live in caves, and more. Photos.
Notă biografică
Nancy Holler Aulenbach is an elementary school teacher from Norcross, Georgia, who feels most at home underground. Born into a caving family, she made her first trip into the Earth when she was jut a few months old. She is well known among cavers for her expertise in rigging, surveying, and performing cave-rescues. Hazel A. Barton, born and raised in England, lives near Boulder, Colorado, where she is a research associate of the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at the University of Colorado. Her interest in animal diseases led to a career in microbiology. An award-winning cave mapper, she is interested in studying unusual ecosystems deep underground. Marfé Ferguson Delano is a freelance writer who was introduced to caving by Nancy Aulenbach and Hazel Barton. She is a graduate of Duke University and currently lives in Alexandria, Virginia. She has assisted in writing 10 books for the National Geographic Society.