The Archaeology Channel this week has an audio file of a half-hour interview with Ric Gillespie and Tom King, the guys leading the search for archaeological evidence of the legendary missing aviator Amelia Earhart, on Nikumaroro Island, Kiribasi.
In the interview with TAC director Rick Pettigrew, Gillespie compellingly describes how Earhart and copilot Fred Noonan disappeared in the Pacific Ocean on the last leg of their trip around the world--I swear I was hoping they'd find her this time--and King describes the archaeological investigations on the island to date and the plans for the future. Well worth a listen.
In the interview with TAC director Rick Pettigrew, Gillespie compellingly describes how Earhart and copilot Fred Noonan disappeared in the Pacific Ocean on the last leg of their trip around the world--I swear I was hoping they'd find her this time--and King describes the archaeological investigations on the island to date and the plans for the future. Well worth a listen.
- The Latest in the Search for Amelia Earhart, interview with Gillespie and King on The Archaeology Channel
- Archaeology Dig 2007: The Search for Amelia Earhart
- Amelia Earhart's Fate: The Archaeological Investigations into the Loss of Amelia Earhart, an article for About.com written by Tom King
- Finding Amelia, Ric Gillespie's book on the investigations, published in 2006 by the Naval Institute Press.
- Amelia Earhart's Shoes, the 2004 book by Tom King and colleagues describing the investigations.
- TIGHAR home page
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