Meet Team Atlantis
Written by: Deborah Barnes
Published in: Disney Adventures Collector’s Issue! Atlantis: The Lost Empire Volume 11, Number 6 (pg.32-35).
Publisher: Buena Vista Magazines Inc.
Publication date: circa July 2001.
(continued from In Search of Atlantis: The Lost Empire, continued in Dive!)
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Meet Team Atlantis
Find out cool facts about the brave explorers who go in search of the lost city of Atlantis!
In 1914, a young adventurer named Milo Thatch dreamed of completing his grandfather's quest to find the legendary lost city of Atlantis.
Though some people thought Milo was crazy, a wealthy businessman agreed to sponsor Milo's expedition. Milo joined a group of daredevil explorers on a dangerous mission that took them under the sea and to the center of the Earth.
MILO JAMES THATCH
Team position: Linguist, major brainiac. Age: 32.
Birthplace: Fishkill, New York.
Education: Earned doctorate degrees in linguistic theory and dead languages from Oxford University in England.
Major accomplishments: Graduated from high school at age 11; ranked as one of the world's best linguists; translated ancient documents that reveal the location of Atlantis.
Best trait: Milo never gives up.
Worst trait: Love of work doesn't leave much time for a social life; best friend is his Persian cat, Fluffy.
Secret dream: Milo's one and only dream is not so secret: Find Atlantis.
Biggest fear: That he might be wrong—that Atlantis doesn't really exist.
LYLE TIBERIUS ROURKE
Team position: Expedition commander, serious dude. Age: 54.
Birthplace: Beaumont, Texas.
Education: Graduated second in his class from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (in New York).
Major accomplishments: Led the charge in tons of famous battles as an Army captain; won awards for leadership and heroism; saved the life of his commanding officer.
Best trait: Total focus on his mission.
Worst trait: A cruel streak—and quick temper! Both make him a little scary.
Secret dream: To make lots of money.
Biggest fear: That he might actually fail on a mission.
HELGA KATRINA SINCLAIR
Team position: Second in command. Age: 30.
Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany.
Education: Studied with famous martial arts and weapons experts around the world; trained in military tactics and firearms under Commander Rourke.
Major accomplishments: One of only three living people to beat Commander Rourke in both unarmed combat and chess.
Best trait: Intelligent and cool under pressure.
Worst trait: Can seem icy and unfriendly.
Secret dram: To fight someone (or something) that's a real challenge.
Biggest fear: What is fear?
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Meet Team Atlantis
GAETAN MOLIÉRE
Team position: Geologist, mineralogist, tunneling expert.
Age: 39. Birthplace: Paris, France.
Education: Became interested in tunneling by exploring the sewers beneath Paris as a kid; went to college at the Sorbonne; left school to become a miner.
Major accomplishments: One of the world's best geologists; can tell where dirt is from by tasting it.
Best trait: A master problem-solver and inventor.
Worst trait: He likes dirt so much, he hardly bathes.
Secret dream: To burrow to the center of the Earth.
Biggest fear: Being forced to take a bath.
WILHELMINA BERTHA PACKARD
Team position: Communications expert, chatterbox. Age: 61.
Birthplace: Whippany, New Jersey.
Education: Worked as a research assistant to several famous inventors—and married most of them (including Chichester Bell, cousin of telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell).
Major accomplishments: Helped develop several major communications devices, including the radio, batteries and a "talking machine" (the ancestor to the CD player).
Best trait: Unflappable sense of humor.
Worst trait: Can be too chatty, even in the face of disaster.
Secret dream: To finally find the love of her life.
Biggest fear: Static.
AUDREY ROCIO RAMIREZ
Team position: Mechanic, hothead. Age: 18.
Birthplace: Dearborn, Michigan.
Education: Began rebuilding engines in her father's car-repair shop at the age of 5; took a job at the Henry Ford Automotive Plant at the age of 9.
Major accomplishments: Helped invent new gearing, steering and cooling systems for cars at Ford.
Best trait: Spunky and smart.
Worst trait: A short temper that gets even shorter when all the equipment keeps breaking down.
Secret dream: To build a flying car.
Biggest fear: That she'll get caught without her toolbox.
VINCENZO "VINNY" SANTORINI
Team position: Demolitions, expert. Age: 38.
Birthplace: Palermo, Italy.
Education: Learned all about explosives on his own—and has a childhood full of blown up buildings to prove it.
Major accomplishments: Can create the right kind of explosion for every occasion.
Best trait: Stays relaxed, despite his dangerous job.
Worst trait: A passion for practical jokes; seems to like blowing things up just a bit too much.
Secret dream: To one day create the perfect explosion.
Biggest fear: Working in the family business—a florist's shop!
DR. JOSHUA STRONGBEAR SWEET
Team position: Medical officer. Age: 42.
Birthplace: Bigelow, Kansas.
Education: Earned degrees in medicine, botany (the study of plants) and herbology; learned Native American medicine from his uncle Iron Cloud, an Arapaho medicine man.
Major accomplishments: Served as a battlefield surgeon with Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders; treated soldiers on both sides.
Best trait: Strong as a grizzly, gentle as a teddy bear.
Worst trait: No one's found it yet.
Secret dream: To find a cure for all diseases.
Biggest fear: Small spaces.
"COOKIE" FARNSWORTH
Team position: Cook. Age: 72.
Birthplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Education: Served as a sharpshooter in the Civil War; became a U.S. Army cook, feeding hundreds with almost no supplies.
Major accomplishments: Was General George Custer's personal chef; became a chef at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; owned his own restaurant.
Best trait: Can make shoe leather taste good—and he probably has.
Worst trait: The military has made him tough—so complain about the food at your own risk!
Secret dream: To invent something called "fast-food."
Biggest fear: Running out of flour.
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