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Exploring caves / by Rebecca Felix ; content consultant, Jason Polk, Assistant professor of Geoscience, Western Kentucky University.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Felix, Rebecca, Author.
- Series:
- Story of exploration (ABDO Publishing Company)
- Story of exploration Exploring caves
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Caves.
- Cave ecology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (144 pages) : color illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, MN : ABDO Publishing Company, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This title examines the exploration of caves, taking the reader into the world's deepest caves. It examines the explorers who journeyed to these dark, dangerous chambers, and traces the development of the technology and techniques that made this exploration possible.
- Contents:
- chapter 1. The eighth continent
- chapter 2. Cave formation and features
- chapter 3. Caving history
- chapter 4. Evolving equipment and techniques
- chapter 5. Data, dyes, and discoveries
- chapter 6. Cave diving and camping
- chapter 7. Extreme environments
- chapter 8. Scaling heights, diving deeper
- chapter 9. Underground adventures today.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781629680453
- 1629680451
- 9781624018480
- 1624018483
- OCLC:
- 868964166
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