In other words, my experience I think predisposed me to being interested in the kind of phenomena that people in these extreme and unusual environments encounter. With Shackletons experience in mind, John Geiger started to investigate whether other people facing death or extreme fear had faced similar situations.

VOA: special.2010.02.24

Police say the survivors exchanged gunfire with the insurgents, killing seven of the heavily armed guerrillas in the encounter Saturday night.

VOA: standard.2009.06.21

It would be a rare-face-to-face encounter between diplomats of the two countries, which have not had formal relations in 30 years.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Saturday's Obama-Chavez encounter was the second of the summit, and provided another opportunity for a handshake between the two men.

VOA: standard.2009.04.18

Their children began to encounter prejudice in public schools, while the news media often associated Islamic schools with extremist ideologies.

VOA: standard.2010.07.12

Hearst says that he and Gluckstern encounter the same difficulties all entrepreneurs face, but once or twice their youth created a small issue.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

Here, by video tape,is the encounter by General Graham, commanderof the National Guard, and Governor Wallace.

VOA: standard.other

John Fortier of the American Enterprise Institute spoke on VOA's Encounter program.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

Appealing for restraint at a news conference, Clinton said she was encouraged by the calm reaction to the naval encounter and said plans for the long-anticipated Bosworth mission are going forward.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

And,she says, they also encounter friendly Muslims.

VOA: standard.2010.03.15

They should have really an opportunity of interacting among themselves and sharing the problems that they encounter in the delivery of care" The Botswanan statistical expert says the study followed nearly 170 primary and volunteer caregivers.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

"Most of the fish,shrimp, blue crab they are spawning out in the Gulf right now, and any of those really small larvae fish and crab, is probably going to be killed if they encounter the actual oil spill."

VOA: standard.2010.07.13