The Most Mysterious Faraway Place: A Wild Field Expedition Adventure

Author: Robert M. Rozzell (USA)
Editor-in-Chief: Wang Lu, Liu Yang
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Travel in a rocking chair lets you enjoy the joy of nature without leaving your home. — Publishers Weekly
In this book, 21 biologists and anthropologists share their personal experiences of the most challenging days and nights they spent in the tropical rainforest. As you savor their stories, you might be grateful that you weren’t with them.
Richard Billiger discovered a large venomous snake in his bathtub while working in a field camp in Brazil.
James Shepherd watched in horror as a giant Indonesian cockroach gnawed on his big toe.
Andrew G. John witnessed researchers in the Amazon eating endangered rare animals.
David Begert and Janet Hammer flew at low altitudes in Africa, while also helping pilots identify altimeter readings when they couldn’t see the ground.