A New England news organization's website has an article about the upcoming talk to be given by the author of a new book, "The Deep Sea Quest for Amelia Earhart." The author is David Jourdan, who is identified as "the founder and president of Nauticos."
The book describes the 2002 and 2006 Nauticos expeditions during which high-resolution mapping of the seafloor was conducted in the vicinity of Howland Island. Click
here to read the Seacoastonline.com article.
The author's talk will be held at Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library in Kennebunkport, Maine, on Sunday, September 12, 2010, at 2 p.m. The library's
website contains the following description of the upcoming talk by Mr. Jourdan:
"Over the last decate [sic], David Jourdan, founder of the deep-sea exploration company Nauticos, has teamed with a variety of engineers, researchers, and analysts to begin the quest of mapping the ocean floor. In their work, they decided to challenge themselves to find the Lockheed Electra flown by the one and only Amelia Earhart in 1937. For anyone who enjoys true-life mysteries, the Deep Sea Quest for Amelia Earhart is a fascinating, thorough read."