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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... rock he so much wanted to study because Byrd's base , called ' Little America ' , was established on the coastal edge of the Ross Ice Shelf . Gould had to undertake the longest scientific dog - sledging expedition in Antarctic history ...
... rock he so much wanted to study because Byrd's base , called ' Little America ' , was established on the coastal edge of the Ross Ice Shelf . Gould had to undertake the longest scientific dog - sledging expedition in Antarctic history ...
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... rocks can reveal not only the whereabouts of the magnetic pole but also the latitude of the rock when it formed . " Magnetome- ters dragged across the seafloor in the early 1960s revealed alternating bands of magnetism . But the most ...
... rocks can reveal not only the whereabouts of the magnetic pole but also the latitude of the rock when it formed . " Magnetome- ters dragged across the seafloor in the early 1960s revealed alternating bands of magnetism . But the most ...
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... rock hut , as powerful a monument to heroic science as exists . An old nine - foot sledge was iced in , as was an old pick axe . They dug the sledge out and found pieces of penguin , a box containing pemmican , cheese , two tins of salt ...
... rock hut , as powerful a monument to heroic science as exists . An old nine - foot sledge was iced in , as was an old pick axe . They dug the sledge out and found pieces of penguin , a box containing pemmican , cheese , two tins of salt ...
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Being Australian: Narratives of national identity Catriona Elder Previsualització no disponible - 2007 |