Indiana Jones May Have Been Inspired by the Adventures of Roy Chapman Andrews
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canada goose uk shop American Museum of Natural HistoryAfter Andrews graduated from Beloit College, he went to New York City and applied for a job at the American Museum of Natural History. He was determined to get a job at the museum. Andrews was told there were no openings for his skills at the museum. Upon hearing this, Andrews mentioned there was a position open as a janitor in the taxidermy department; he had the qualifications to perform it. While doing this work, he also started collecting specimens for the museum. Eventually, Andrews continued to collect specimens and enrolled in Columbia University. There he was able to earn a Master of Arts degree in Mammalogy. During this time, he brought in a skeleton of a beached whale. This was followed by his dedicated study and investigations of whales. Andrews traveled to Japan, Korea, East Indies buy canada goose jacket as well as Alaska studying the aquatic mammals. canada goose uk shop
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Canada Goose sale Bandits And Dinosaur EggsAndrews was returning from the desert when he encountered some bandits who had taken some containers that held dinosaur eggs from their camp. The bandits were at the bottom of a slope. Andrews was on a horse and decided to head straight at them with great speed. He came at the bandits holding his revolver. Andrews charged so quickly, the bandit’s horses reared up and knocked the bandits off. One horse didn’t move because of fear. The bandits tried running away. Andrews didn’t kill them, but did shoot their hats off as they ran. He recovered the dinosaur eggs and returned to camp. Canada Goose sale
Canada Goose online SnakesOn a particularly cold night in the Gobi desert, Andrews and the others in his expedition experienced a great number of poisonous pit viper snakes looking for warmth. People were finding the poisonous snakes in their shoes, caps, equipment and even rifles. In a single night, the men buy canada goose jacket cheap on the expedition killed over 46 snakes. Everybody was able to get out of the situation unbitten and with no problems. Andrews admitted he screamed at the snakes because he was so frightened. He was so scared Canada Goose Outlet of the snakes: he mistakenly shot a coiled up rope. canada goose coats on sale This fear caused him quite a bit of embarrassment, Canada Goose Jackets and he refused to talk about it. Canada Goose online
uk canada goose Final YearsDuring 1930, Andrews made his last trip to Gobi desert and found some mastodon fossils. In 1935, he returned to the United States and divorced his wife. He then remarried on Christmas of that year. The following year, he became director of the American Museum of Natural History. He retired from this position in 1941. During his retirement, Andrews wrote over a dozen books and also produced articles Canada Goose online for popular national magazines as well as scientific journals. Roy Chapman Andrews died on March 11, 1960, of a heart attack. He was 76 years old. uk canada goose
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I have never heard of Roy Andrews, but he seems like an Indian Jones type to me. I have always wondered if that character was loosely based on an actual person. Interesting. I really enjoyed this.
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