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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... Cook isolated and defined them as separate lands for European science , politics and strategy . 5 Cook was renowned as ' the negative navigator ' , for he ' erased whole continents of a hypothetical geography ' . As historian Glyn ...
... Cook isolated and defined them as separate lands for European science , politics and strategy . 5 Cook was renowned as ' the negative navigator ' , for he ' erased whole continents of a hypothetical geography ' . As historian Glyn ...
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... Cook was haunted by the image of Danco floating about under the ship in a standing position . Scurvy was an even greater threat to the expedition than anaemia and depression . The classic symptoms of swollen gums and stiff joints became ...
... Cook was haunted by the image of Danco floating about under the ship in a standing position . Scurvy was an even greater threat to the expedition than anaemia and depression . The classic symptoms of swollen gums and stiff joints became ...
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... ( Cook ) . The New York Times won and its circulation soared , the New York Herald went into decline , Peary became revered , and Cook was disgraced and discredited ( although he never retreated from his claim ) . The Eskimo men ( and one ...
... ( Cook ) . The New York Times won and its circulation soared , the New York Herald went into decline , Peary became revered , and Cook was disgraced and discredited ( although he never retreated from his claim ) . The Eskimo men ( and one ...
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Being Australian: Narratives of national identity Catriona Elder Previsualització no disponible - 2007 |