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Surviving Galeras
Houghton Mifflin, Mar 2001, 25.00, 320 pp.
ISBN: 0618031685
In 1993, volcanologist Stanley Williams and cohorts were in Columbia studying Galeras when the volcano suddenly erupted. Several of the professor's colleagues were instantly dead and he was severely injured. Some of his peers manage an incredible rescue of the geology professor who would surely have died without their help. In spite of their acknowledged expertise, the volcano sti...