その返事がきて、彼は長年アメリカのNIEHS(国立環境健康科学研究所)に勤務していて私が必要とする毒性学に関する情報をすぐ送ってくれていたのですが、spinal stenosis(脊柱管狭窄症せきちゅうかんきょうさくしょう)の手術をして少しずつ回復中とのことでした。NIEHSでの仕事も興味がなくなったので退職したとのこと。彼は私(70才)とほぼ同じ年代の筈ですが、アメリカでは年齢による強制的な定年退職は、性差別と同じように年齢差別で憲法違反になるのでありませんので、自己退職したようです。退職後も Retired Associate ID card(退職関係者としての身分証明書)を持っていてこれからも研究所の図書館にアクセス(Webで)できるので、必要な情報があれば提供できると言ってきました。
Alaska... one in a billion photo
The photo was taken at the entrance to Katlian Bay at the end of the road in Sitka , Alaska .
The whale is coming up to scoop up a mouthful of herring (the small fish seen at the surface around the kayak).
The kayaker is a local Sitka Dentist. He apparently didn't sustain any injuries from the terrifying experience.
The whale was just around the corner from the ferry terminal, and all the kayaker could think at that moment
in time was: "Paddle Man--really fast!" The whale's mouth is fully open with the bottom half under the boat.
If the whale had closed his mouth before he furiously paddled away - He might have been LUNCH!!!
Look at the picture again - He is in the whale’s MOUTH!
The photo was taken at the entrance to Katlian Bay at the end of the road in Sitka , Alaska .
The whale is coming up to scoop up a mouthful of herring (the small fish seen at the surface around the kayak).
The kayaker is a local Sitka Dentist. He apparently didn't sustain any injuries from the terrifying experience.
The whale was just around the corner from the ferry terminal, and all the kayaker could think at that moment
in time was: "Paddle Man--really fast!" The whale's mouth is fully open with the bottom half under the boat.
If the whale had closed his mouth before he furiously paddled away - He might have been LUNCH!!!
Look at the picture again - He is in the whale’s MOUTH!