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During the expedition and with additional months of laboratory work, enough information was collected and analyzed to permit a complete study of the cave’s mineralogy, a reconnaissance of the cave’s fauna, and a preliminary account of the cave’s geology. Scientist in Training Expedition member Stewart Peck won the High School National Science Fair for his work on the biology of Wind Cave done during the 1959 NSS Expedition.
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The
National Speleological Society conducted an official expedition to Wind
Cave in
1959. It was led by Robert F. Brown. Although the trip was intended to be of
a preliminary nature and lasted only 10 days, more surveying and scientific
research
was conducted during these 10 days then all other previous times.
Approximately
3 miles of cave were mapped. A good portion of this was the resurvey
of tour routes, but it also included a large section of the northwest
part of the cave including the surveys of places such as: the Attic,
Plummer’s Pit, the Bishop Fowler’s Loop, and Brown Canyon. 
Peck with his science project at the National Science Fair in 1959. 
Dr. Peck today, professor of biology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.