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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... ice sheet on the Earth's climate , and needed to know more about its size , history and stability . The Norwegian - British - Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1949-52 , which also included Australians , met with a Norwegian whaling ...
... ice sheet on the Earth's climate , and needed to know more about its size , history and stability . The Norwegian - British - Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1949-52 , which also included Australians , met with a Norwegian whaling ...
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... ice sheet . Since there was a much greater volume of ice down there than people had thought , then its corre- sponding impact on sea levels must be greater ; if the southern ice cap melted , calculated Robin , then oceans could rise by ...
... ice sheet . Since there was a much greater volume of ice down there than people had thought , then its corre- sponding impact on sea levels must be greater ; if the southern ice cap melted , calculated Robin , then oceans could rise by ...
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... ice to the marine edge of an ice shelf , and so changes in climate since the last ice age are still acting on the ice sheet . Further- more , there is the question of how an ice sheet that size can maintain itself if it is mostly ...
... ice to the marine edge of an ice shelf , and so changes in climate since the last ice age are still acting on the ice sheet . Further- more , there is the question of how an ice sheet that size can maintain itself if it is mostly ...
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Being Australian: Narratives of national identity Catriona Elder Previsualització no disponible - 2007 |