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A fact from Tjeerd van Andel appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 December 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Tjeerd van Andel was surprised to find heaps of giant clam shells around hot springs on his first dive to the Pacific ocean floor?
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... that after Tjeerd van Andel first saw life on the deep sea floor he described it as a 'little paradise in the ... sea floor desert'?
Source: Naomi Oreskes, quoting from Van Andel's diary in: Oreskes, Naomi (2021). "Painting Projects White: The Discovery of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents". In Science on a Mission: How Military Funding Shaped What We Do and Don't Know about the Ocean. University of Chicago Press. p. 328. ISBN9780226732381. OCLC1143634708. Quote: "What they found has been described as 'one of the most exciting developments since the beginning of the study of oceanography.'... Van Andel kept a personal diary, and just before turning in on the evening of February 17, 1977, he wrote: 'In the middle of this ... barren vastness ... a small oasis ... What produced this little paradise in the ... sea floor desert?' https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226732411-008
A couple more hooks to consider:
...ALT1 ... that on their first dive to the Pacific ocean floor, oceanographer Tjeerd van Andel and colleagues were surprised to find giant clams living around hot springs?
Source:https://tos.org/oceanography/assets/docs/20-1_kusek1.pdf 'About an hour into the dive, the pilot said to me, ‘What are those white things down there?’ .. they were clam shells. You know, clam shells are not all that exciting, but at two feet in
length, they are! They were in a little heap or dome on the seafloor
...ALT2 ... that the discovery of life on the deep ocean floor by Tjeerd van Andel was described as "one of the most exciting developments" in oceanography?
Source: Oreskes, Naomi (2021). "Painting Projects White: The Discovery of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents". In Science on a Mission: How Military Funding Shaped What We Do and Don't Know about the Ocean. University of Chicago Press. ISBN9780226732381. OCLC1143634708. Quote: "What they found has been described as 'one of the most exciting developments since the beginning of the study of oceanography.'".. https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226732411-008
Overall: New enough, long enough, hooks are sourced and interesting. I did a series of minor copyedits to fix the cited source and eliminated a coincidental phrasing that showed up on Earwig. All the hooks are good to go, and although I personally prefer ALT2, it should probably be changed to say "the discovery of life on the deep ocean floor by Tjeerd van Andel and his team" to avoid implying that Van Andel himself was the sole discoverer of life among the hydrothermal vents. Thinking about it further, I suspect that ALT1 should be changed as well. While it is certainly true that your sources indicate that one of the major findings that would later arise from this research was the idea that giant clams live in the areas around the vents, the giant clams Van Andel is talking about in ALT1 were in fact all dead. ALT1 currently says "giant clams living around hot springs", which is true in the abstract, but presents a bit of a problem for people who take it literally, as those clams weren't alive at that time. That leaves ALT0 as the only usable hook that doesn't require changes. As I said, I would prefer ALT2, but it currently indicates that Van Andel is the discoverer of life among the hydrothermal vents, when he was part of a larger team. Thanks for writing this important topic. Let me know if you change the hooks to accommodate my suggestions and I will update accordingly. Viriditas (talk) 11:26, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the review and suggestions. Very happy to go with any of the modified hooks:
ALT0a... that after Tjeerd van Andel first saw life on the deep sea floor with his colleagues, he described it as a "little paradise in the ... sea floor desert"?
ALT1a ... that on their first dive to the Pacific ocean floor, oceanographer Tjeerd van Andel and colleagues were surprised to find heaps of giant clam shells around hot springs?
Still prefer ALT2a, although ALT0a and ALT1a are fine. ALT0a and ALT1a are specifically about Van Andel's recollections, so you don't need to mention his colleagues there, just in ALT2a where it sounded like he discovered life by himself. Viriditas (talk) 21:33, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
New enough, long enough, hooks are sourced and interesting. I did a series of minor copyedits to fix the cited source and eliminated a coincidental phrasing that showed up on Earwig. 
Still prefer ALT2a, although ALT0a and ALT1a are fine. ALT0a and ALT1a are specifically about Van Andel's recollections, so you don't need to mention his colleagues there, just in ALT2a where it sounded like he discovered life by himself. Viriditas (talk) 21:33, 12 December 2024 (UTC)