Iral Clair NelsonIral Clair Nelson (1927-), secondary author is the son of the principal author. He was born and raised in Oregon and Idaho. He received a Masters Degree in Physics at the University of Oregon in 1955, married, and went to work in radiation and enviromental protection at the Hanford Project in Richland, Washington which he continued for nearly 50 years. He became Board Certified in Health Physics in 1962 and now holds emeritus status. He served in the US Navy during the Korean War and briefly in WWII. The decision to reconstruct Viking's Last Voyage as written on a typewriter to digital form for publication was based on fulfilling his father's desire to have the story made available to the public, encouragement from his neighbor, Alan Aamot, and his having retired and thus having time to devote to the project. In the process of editing the story considerable research was done. The research was made possible because of the 17th and 18th century journals and other information available on the Internet-none of which were available to his father. The more the related aspects were investigated the more plausible the story became. Read More Read Less