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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... continent , or only a number of com- paratively small and widely scattered islands ? In 1893 , John Murray , on the basis of the evidence of the great Southern Ocean voyages of the Challenger ( 1872–76 ) , argued for the existence of a ...
... continent , or only a number of com- paratively small and widely scattered islands ? In 1893 , John Murray , on the basis of the evidence of the great Southern Ocean voyages of the Challenger ( 1872–76 ) , argued for the existence of a ...
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... continents . Charles Laseron , who had accompanied Mawson to Antarctica in 1911-14 , looked across the Southern Ocean from Australia in 1953 and reflected that ' somewhere beneath this expanse of water lies the lost continent of ...
... continents . Charles Laseron , who had accompanied Mawson to Antarctica in 1911-14 , looked across the Southern Ocean from Australia in 1953 and reflected that ' somewhere beneath this expanse of water lies the lost continent of ...
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... continent became embraced by fire just as its abandoned partner , Antarctica , loitering at the pole , became overwhelmed by ice . Although Australia has been geologically ancient and stable , it has now begun to stir . Over the last 5 ...
... continent became embraced by fire just as its abandoned partner , Antarctica , loitering at the pole , became overwhelmed by ice . Although Australia has been geologically ancient and stable , it has now begun to stir . Over the last 5 ...
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Being Australian: Narratives of national identity Catriona Elder Previsualització no disponible - 2007 |