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EPISODE 6
The Rover Boys...using whiskey as a lion repellent
Duration - 45 mins
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The Rover Boys were a crack team of petroleum geologists, whose job was to seek and find surface petroleum deposits around the world. This team went anywhere and everywhere during the hedonistic and untamed 1960's. They smoked camel dung and used whiskey as a lion repellent. This was a team built for adventure.

In this episode we talk to the man who led the Rover Boys, David Kingston. There are so many arcs in this story, it's hard to know where to start. It brims with the romance of exploration and the excitement of experiencing new countries and encountering new cultures. It's an important lesson in practicality, an approach that seems less attractive to modern Explorers...or perhaps less valued.

However, above all else, this is a story about transition. The Rover Boys explored the world for the final large surface petroleum discoveries. 
During their time, the industry transitioned into offshore mining and new skills were therefore required. We often talk about the technology or science of deep exploration, but what does this transition actually feel like. Let's ask Dave Kingston.

Come join us and let's explore.
This is a picture of the Rover Boys...a crack team of petroleum geologists who explored the far corners of the world looking for surface petroleum deposits. They smoked camel dung and used whiskey as a lion repellent. The picture says it all...this was a team built for adventure. But the way their story ends can teach us a lot about the future of mineral exploration.
Native guides from used during a 3 month on foot geological safari in Guinea, West Africa . The spears are for protection against lions.
Dave Kingston examining Hittite soldiers carved into relief on rocks near Haymana, Central Turkey.
Rest stop in the Sahara. Wind-carved Cambrian sandstones in the Southern Hoggar, Niger Republic. Jeeps are outfitted for long range desert reconnaissance with sand tyres and sand tracks. Shelby Eddington on left, Dick Murphy and George Voutopoulos on right.
Minaret mosque, Abadez
Hittite lion gate, Turkey

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