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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... imagined a vista of endless land : ' Australia then stretched far to the south [ and ] high mountains towered over what is now sea . ' To many scientists , continental fluctuations in altitude seemed much more likely than their lateral ...
... imagined a vista of endless land : ' Australia then stretched far to the south [ and ] high mountains towered over what is now sea . ' To many scientists , continental fluctuations in altitude seemed much more likely than their lateral ...
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... imagined dragging sleds across it , imagined pitching the tent on it , imagined seeing nothing but it for months . I was even sitting on ice reading Sitting on Penguins . We could still see the coast and had a wonderful view of the ...
... imagined dragging sleds across it , imagined pitching the tent on it , imagined seeing nothing but it for months . I was even sitting on ice reading Sitting on Penguins . We could still see the coast and had a wonderful view of the ...
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... imagined meal . Shackleton was forced to reflect upon the danger extreme hunger had for civilisa- tion for he discovered that ' no barrier of law and order would have been allowed to stand between us and any food that had been available ...
... imagined meal . Shackleton was forced to reflect upon the danger extreme hunger had for civilisa- tion for he discovered that ' no barrier of law and order would have been allowed to stand between us and any food that had been available ...
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Being Australian: Narratives of national identity Catriona Elder Previsualització no disponible - 2007 |