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NL Who's Who #13 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 6/26/2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

NL Who's Who is a series of seventeen caches dedicated to famous/important people from Newfoundland and Labrador. Each of the caches will require you to do a little bit of research on a particular person or group of individuals in order to obtain the final coordinates for that particular cache. The caches are all relatively easy finds and are all located on Bell Island.

NL Who's Who #13 is dedicated to Bernice Morgan, a famous Newfoundland author.

The coordinates listed above are false, go there and you will find nothing but the Atlantic Ocean.

The final coordinates for this cache are as follows:

N 47 AB.CDE W 052 VW.XYZ

Where:

AB = Bernice Morgan was born on February 8, 19_ _. Add 2 to this number.
CD = Her first novel was published in 19_ _.  Subtract 17 from this number.
E = This book was made into a four part mini series in 200_.

V = Berncie Morgan received an honorary Doctorate from Memorial University in 199_.  Subtract 3 from this number.
WX = She was awarded "Artist of the Year" by the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council in 19_ _. Subtract 3 from this number.
Y = Cloud of Bone was published in 200_. Subtract 2 from this number.
Z =  She began writing as a full time profession in 19_6.

The container is a Small Lock n Lock and should not be hard to located once in the correct area.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)