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Cave Photograph by Stephen L. Alvarez Stephen L. Alvarez  What
was your best experience in the field covering this story?  It
was such a privilege to be one of just a handful of people who
have explored the caves on New Britain island in Papua New
Guinea. I've worked a lot in South and Central America, and
people there typically use caves for religious rituals or some
kind of pragmatic day-to-day function. So it was astounding to
find a place with huge cave entrances and no sign of human
activity whatsoever.  What was your worst experience in the
field covering this story?  When you're rappelling off a
waterfall, there's a point where you're hanging on your rope but
also floating in the water. I was at that point when I came off
Myo Falls. The water was flowing fast underneath me, and it
flipped me over. So I was upside down in the water and still
attached to the rope. I had to think very carefully about how I
was going to keep myself from drowning