The Latest From Expedition News: Our friends at Expedition News will be sending us highlights every month from their newsletter. Here are a few November items that caught my eye:

1) Next summer a team of underwater archaeologists and geologists will launch the Deep Med One expedition, which will try to find–seriously–the Lost City of Atlantis. The expedition will feature a deep sea submersible and focus on a spot 18 miles southwest of Tarifa, Spain. What will they be looking to find? Oh, temples, buildings, prehistoric artifacts, that sort of thing. Plato described Atlantis around 355 BC. Aristotle said he made it up. Good luck, guys…..



17th Century Depiction: Sure looks easy to find….

(Image: Francis Hitchin, World Atlas of Mysteries)

2) “A Texas beer import company, Rengo Imports, is capitalizing upon the appeal of penguins and the mystery of the southern hemisphere with its launch of Rockhopper lager from Santiago, Chile (www.rockhopperbeer.com)…Not content to just give people a good buzz, Rengo throws in a natural history lesson with its promotional table tents. They explain that rockhopper penguins “are aggressive, zany and sociable. About 18 inches tall, they have a vertical leap of six feet. Their loud cries, called ‘ecstatic vocalization,’ announce their presence and attract females.”



“Why us? We’re cute, we’re trendy…and the bastards were too cheap to pay royalties to Jim Belushi.”

3) From an ad by climbing guide Daniel Mazur we learn that a little jaunt up Everest in 2004 can be had, Sherpas and all expenses included, for $19,500. Summit not guaranteed….