Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to AntarcticaHarvard University Press, 2007 - 399 pàgines In 2002, environmental historian Tom Griffiths set sail with the Australian Antartic Division to deliver a new team of winterers. In this book, Griffiths reflects on the history of human experiences in Antartica, taking the reader on a journey of exploration, discovery and adventure in an unforgettable land. |
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... Aurora , in the summer of 1916-17 . Their task was to rescue the other half of Shackleton's expedition . Two years earlier , Shackleton had sought and failed to make the first crossing of the continent of Antarctica from the Weddell Sea ...
... Aurora , in the summer of 1916-17 . Their task was to rescue the other half of Shackleton's expedition . Two years earlier , Shackleton had sought and failed to make the first crossing of the continent of Antarctica from the Weddell Sea ...
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... Aurora steaming out of the Bay for another whole year . Six men had stayed behind in case he returned , and one - Frank Bickerton - rushed to greet the lone figure glimpsed on the ice above the hut . Staring into the emaciated Mawson's ...
... Aurora steaming out of the Bay for another whole year . Six men had stayed behind in case he returned , and one - Frank Bickerton - rushed to greet the lone figure glimpsed on the ice above the hut . Staring into the emaciated Mawson's ...
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... Aurora in 1916-17 was shadowed by concern about the fate of Shackleton's other party . Fred was in the first party ashore at Cape Royds in McMurdo Sound in January 1917. He was therefore witness to one of the most poignant Antarctic ...
... Aurora in 1916-17 was shadowed by concern about the fate of Shackleton's other party . Fred was in the first party ashore at Cape Royds in McMurdo Sound in January 1917. He was therefore witness to one of the most poignant Antarctic ...
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Being Australian: Narratives of national identity Catriona Elder Previsualització no disponible - 2007 |