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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... British dominion over all of Antarctica ; to paint the whole continent red , as one British official confidentially put it in 1928. The British , Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition ( or BANZARE , a title and ...
... British dominion over all of Antarctica ; to paint the whole continent red , as one British official confidentially put it in 1928. The British , Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition ( or BANZARE , a title and ...
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... British standard time in the South Seas . In April 1788 , Lieutenant William Dawes , whose task it was ( on behalf of the British Board of Longitude ) to establish an astro- nomical observatory in New South Wales , anchored one of his ...
... British standard time in the South Seas . In April 1788 , Lieutenant William Dawes , whose task it was ( on behalf of the British Board of Longitude ) to establish an astro- nomical observatory in New South Wales , anchored one of his ...
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... British expedition already ensconced just a few hundred yards away . The British were there to keep an eye on the Argentines , and the Americans were very put out to find them there , so near their old base . The American flag was ...
... British expedition already ensconced just a few hundred yards away . The British were there to keep an eye on the Argentines , and the Americans were very put out to find them there , so near their old base . The American flag was ...
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Being Australian: Narratives of national identity Catriona Elder Previsualització no disponible - 2007 |