Stanley's Dream: The Medical Expedition to Easter Island Volume 247

by Jacalyn Duffin

In 1964-65, an international team of thirty-eight scientists and assistants, led by Montreal physician Stanley Skoryna, sailed to the mysterious Rapa Nui (Easter Island) to conduct an unprecedented survey of its biosphere. Born of Cold War concerns about pollution, overpopulation, and conflict, and initially conceived as the first of two trips, the project was designed to document the island's status before a proposed airport would link the one thousand...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773557105
• ISBN13: 9780773557109
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.0" x 9.3"