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Article: Anthropologist/explorer looking forward to fourth trip to New Guinea to study tribe, rain forest. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- December 28, 1994
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VENTNOR, N.J. _ In a poorly heated apartment above a pizza parlor lives a 40-year-old man following in the tradition of explorers such as Peary, Amundsen and Livingstone. He is Bill Thomas, and as he runs a hand wearily over his face, he wonders aloud whether the adventurers of old were so destitute that they had to roof houses to fund their expeditions.
``I'm getting tired of this hand-to-mouth existence,'' said Thomas, who earned a total of $5,000 last year and now works as a carpenter to support his groundbreaking work in Papua New Guinea. ``But I wouldn't trade. I like things hot and cold. Safety is nice, but I like the life I'm leading.''
In three arduous trips ...