Hi all,

Yes, this has nothing to do with seismology...but its sure very,
very interesting.  Too exciting too me, to not share....

Haven't heard of this till today....a wolly male mammoth was
found in 1997 in Siberia by natives.  A french explorer by the
name of Bernard Buiques was led to the site.  A expedition
seems to be underway to dig it out, transport it to a different
site and begin examination.  One of the main hopes is that
the sperm or DNA can be used to clone another mammoth
(mixed species), and so on, to get a majority of a resurrected
mammoth over time.

See the discovery web site:

http://www.discovery.com/exp/mammoth/mammoth.html

From there their is other clickable "pages" to look over....like
weblink.html , clue.html, and especially the dispatch.html, with
real photos at the site.  The top picture is not real, where the
tusks are sticking up out of the ground (although it was actually
found by the natives like that).

As for more coverage, a discovery channel employee, by the
name of Dirk Hoogstra is leaving this Sept 12th, 1999, to cover
the expedition; and hopefully more (much more) photos and
details will be forthcoming soon thereafter.

Have heard of Japanese attempts a year or so ago, with tusks
being found, but no actual mammoth bodys being found.

Meredith Lamb






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