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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... Byrd.36 In the early stages of the expedi- tion , Byrd decided to withhold Owen's dispatches from his fellow expeditioners . ' I had a definite reason for this ' , he wrote . ' Publicity is the worst disease that a weak man can get . It ...
... Byrd.36 In the early stages of the expedi- tion , Byrd decided to withhold Owen's dispatches from his fellow expeditioners . ' I had a definite reason for this ' , he wrote . ' Publicity is the worst disease that a weak man can get . It ...
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Voyaging to Antarctica Tom Griffiths. 39 There was at least one of Byrd's companions on the ice during that long winter of 1929 who knew his dark secret . Just as Scott was eventually debunked , so was Byrd's reputation savaged within a ...
Voyaging to Antarctica Tom Griffiths. 39 There was at least one of Byrd's companions on the ice during that long winter of 1929 who knew his dark secret . Just as Scott was eventually debunked , so was Byrd's reputation savaged within a ...
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... Byrd , Little America : Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic , The Flight to the South Pole , GP Putnam's Sons , New York , 1930 , pp 192–193 . 6 This account draws on Byrd's book about the ordeal , entitled Alone , Putnam , London ...
... Byrd , Little America : Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic , The Flight to the South Pole , GP Putnam's Sons , New York , 1930 , pp 192–193 . 6 This account draws on Byrd's book about the ordeal , entitled Alone , Putnam , London ...
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