Tracking the Dinosaurs: Unraveling the Mystery

Thom Tansey, a native of Massachusetts, holds a degree in biochemistry and a law degree. In recent years he has taken college courses in archeology, biology, geology, anthropology and paleontology. He currently practices law part-time in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Thom began his travel adventures some 25 years ago with a four-day jaunt to Costa Rica to climb an active volcano, wade in shark-infested waters, and mingle with the locals. It was a brief trip, but it set the stage for a lifetime of travel and learning. Since then, he has excavated dinosaur bones, explored ancient ruins, learned to fly helicopters and airships, become certified in nitrox diving, rafted whitewater rivers, and taken lessons in hot air balloons, hang gliders, and aerobatic planes. He has swum with manatees, frolicked with dolphins, cruised the Everglades in an airboat, learned to Eskimo-roll a kayak, taken professional auto-racing courses and a drag-racing course. He has been helicoptered to ice floes in the St. Lawrence River in the dead of winter to witness the birth of thousands of snow-white harp seals, patrolled the Arctic tundra in a rugged buggy to photograph the annual migration of the polar bears onto the ice of Hudson Bay, snowmobiled through Yellowstone National Park for close-up views of the bison and elk foraging through the snow, among many other exciting experiences. More recently, he has toured battle sites of the Civil War and Revolutionary War. He also has viewed the CSS Hunley, a Confederate vessel that was the first submarine to sink an enemy (Union) ship; it currently rests in Charleston, SC, where it is being studied after being recently salvaged from its grave in the Atlantic Ocean.Thom Tansey is the author of 'Tracking the Dinosaurs: Unraveling the Mystery', published 2003 under ISBN 9781568250878 and ISBN 1568250878.