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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... Mountains ( Roald Amundsen's route to the pole ) was across floating ice the whole way . Now , finally , Gould was to have earth under his feet . He declared : ' It was a moment for which we had been living . We were camped in the very ...
... Mountains ( Roald Amundsen's route to the pole ) was across floating ice the whole way . Now , finally , Gould was to have earth under his feet . He declared : ' It was a moment for which we had been living . We were camped in the very ...
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... mountains of triumph and Scott's moun- tains of trial were geologically one . Here was a rock that proved that the Transantarctics were great upthrusts of the Earth's crust , ' the most stupendous fault block mountain system in all the ...
... mountains of triumph and Scott's moun- tains of trial were geologically one . Here was a rock that proved that the Transantarctics were great upthrusts of the Earth's crust , ' the most stupendous fault block mountain system in all the ...
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... mountains are possibly more genial , for there , there are some mountains upon which the sun never sets mountains of eternal light - whilst on the Antarctic mountains , added to the horrors of cold , and barrenness , and solitude ...
... mountains are possibly more genial , for there , there are some mountains upon which the sun never sets mountains of eternal light - whilst on the Antarctic mountains , added to the horrors of cold , and barrenness , and solitude ...
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Being Australian: Narratives of national identity Catriona Elder Previsualització no disponible - 2007 |