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  • Navy Has Probably Found the Island of the Blue Dolphins Cave

    11/02/2012 3:35:38 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 14 replies
    Curbed LA ^ | Wednesday, October 31, 2012 | Adrian Glick Kudler
    Your pre-adolescent dreams have been dashed: some other person has found the supposed cave from Scott O'Dell's Island of the Blue Dolphins. To be fair, you were not quite as dedicated to the cause as Navy archaeologist Steve Schwartz, who scoured San Nicolas Island (one of the Channel Islands, controlled by the Navy) for more than 20 years for the cave that "was believed to be home to the island's most famous inhabitant, a Native American woman who survived on the island for 18 years, abandoned and alone," according to the LA Times (O'Dell based his story on her). Last...