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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... human but with an unashamed Australian bias . There are sensible reasons for this bias other than my own citizenship . Australia is Antarctica's closest geological cousin and they were the two Great South Lands of European voyaging and ...
... human but with an unashamed Australian bias . There are sensible reasons for this bias other than my own citizenship . Australia is Antarctica's closest geological cousin and they were the two Great South Lands of European voyaging and ...
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... human visits . Global warming and human visitation , both emanating from the north , are the new factors in the lives of the penguins , and they are equally varied in their impacts . 40 30 Thus people and birds continue their long ...
... human visits . Global warming and human visitation , both emanating from the north , are the new factors in the lives of the penguins , and they are equally varied in their impacts . 40 30 Thus people and birds continue their long ...
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... human - induced climate change and its likely effect on temperatures and sea - levels . By the beginning of the twenty - first century , Antarctica was becoming green in a different and disturbing sense . In the southern summer of 2004 ...
... human - induced climate change and its likely effect on temperatures and sea - levels . By the beginning of the twenty - first century , Antarctica was becoming green in a different and disturbing sense . In the southern summer of 2004 ...
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Being Australian: Narratives of national identity Catriona Elder Previsualització no disponible - 2007 |