[meteorite-list] WHO IS THE BEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL METEORITEHUNTER OUT THERE?

From: Pekka Savolainen <nuuska_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:48:46 +0300
Message-ID: <4A6467AE.5060400_at_dlc.fi>

Perhaps "to search" sounds more academic than "to hunt",
and the most of the searchers in Antarctica are (at least
some kind of) scientists... ;-

take care,

pekka s

beer hunter who likes movie Deer Hunter
(not enough of bears here in Finland to hunt,
so we are also "moose-hunters" (not mouse)


Martin Altmann kirjoitti:
> Maybe
> those in Antarctica are searchers
> and those in the desert hunters?
>
> Note that some scientists use the term "hunter" with a pejorative
> connotation. More with the meaning treasure hunter or even poacher.
>
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> METEORITEHUNTER OUT THERE?
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> Dear list
>
> I saw Jeff Grossman rightfully mentioned Antarctic search leaders on
> top of that contest, but the point was dismissed, someone even
> suggesting that collecting meteorite in Antarctica is not "hunting"
> but "fishing"; myself I hunt and fish animals and I have collected
> meteorites both in Antarctica and hot deserts. Recovering meteorite
> in Antarctica is not like going to Tucson show, it requires a lot of
> walking, and expertise is spotting the right rock (the story about a
> single black stone among a 100% pure ice surface is only a small part
> of it). Even when done on snowmobile, that is not such a fun when the
> skin of you face fell frozen or when you risk ending in a crevasse.
> It requires also a personal engagement (who is ready not to have a
> shower and fresh food for months?) that is not equaled by tours in
> hot deserts. Remember that the Japanese are out of there home for
> more than one year when they go for meteorites.
> So definitely Antarctic recovery expedition is "hunting", unless you
> disqualify as "hunters" people being paid by governments to collect
> meteorites.
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Pekka Savolainen
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Received on Mon 20 Jul 2009 08:48:46 AM PDT