Berger, wanting to preëmpt "Empire Strikes Back" jokes, called the expedition Rising Star.
But that number is likely to rise as expeditions to this region of the western Amazon continue.
He is noted for his tireless industry on these expeditions, rising long before dawn and keeping at it until late at night, either laboring over actual pictures or experimenting with new schemes to give a novel twist to what, owing to the coverage by the daily press, will be a familiar story by the time his photographs appear.
In Galbraith's novel, the tale is told by Rory Mackenzie, who is first a clerk for the Company of Scotland in Edinburgh, then Superintendent of Cargoes on one of the five ships used on the expedition, the Rising Sun of the title.
Originally conceived in perfectly acceptable terms (a force of 60 ships to help Ionians and non-Greeks against the rising power of Syracuse), the expedition as ultimately sent was too ambitious; it consisted of a huge fleet of 140 ships—100 of them Athenian reinforced by an additional 60.
Other expedition members, trapped by rising water, took several days longer to reach sunlight.
The skeletal material recovered from the Rising Star cave was collected during two field expeditions in November 2013 and March 2014, and includes 1550 identifiable fossil hominin specimens as well as six bird and several rodent specimens.
And guides who regularly lead skiing expeditions to the pole say spring temperatures are rising.
There is the cold, which for this expedition rarely rose above 10 below zero and can cause liquid crystal displays on instruments and laptops to solidify.
[The Wall Street Journal] Scientists set out from Cape Town on a research expedition to determine how deep-sea fishing is affecting marine life along the peaks rising from the floor of the southern Indian Ocean.
