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O'Meara, Donna.
INTO THE VOLCANO : A VOLCANO RESEARCHER AT WORK
Toronto : Kids Can Press, 2005.
IL 3-6
ISBN 1553376927
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Imagine yourself flying in a helicopter with no doors.  And it is bringing you through clouds of scalding steam.  And you are dodging lava bombs.  And you destination is the side of an active volcano.  If you can imagine all that, you can truly understand the life that Donna O'Meara lives.  She is a volcanologist.  Her job is to study volcanos in hope of understanding how they work and to be able to predict eruptions.  This is the story of her life and her work.  You will also learn a lot about volcanoes themselves.  Come along inside.  It's not too hot -- yet.
SUBJECTS:     Donovan-O'Meara, Donna, 1954-
                        Volcanologists.
                        Volcanoes.

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