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Mountains of madness

by John A. Long

"Paleontologist Long sets out for the Southern continent twice, the first time in December of 1988 and again in October of 1991, on an expedition sponsored by the National Geographic Society. Like the fossil hunters described in H.P. Lovecraft's classic novella, At the Mountains of Madness, Long heads straight for the frigid silhouette painted by the Transantarctic Mountain range. It is a profoundly lonely and desolate place, but it is also a scientist's playground. Long discovers specimens of fossilized fish from the Devonian period, dating back 380 million years when fish were the...

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