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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... Southern Ocean.3 Cook's three summers probing the Antarctic Circle , in 1772-75 in almost constant bad weather , came near the end of the Little Ice Age , an era of lower global temperatures and more exten- sive pack ice , and this may ...
... Southern Ocean.3 Cook's three summers probing the Antarctic Circle , in 1772-75 in almost constant bad weather , came near the end of the Little Ice Age , an era of lower global temperatures and more exten- sive pack ice , and this may ...
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... southern seas was hopefully sketched in as the northern promontory of the long - awaited continent , the tip of the iceberg , as it were . Classical cosmography combined with explorers ' expectations to make a virtual southern land ...
... southern seas was hopefully sketched in as the northern promontory of the long - awaited continent , the tip of the iceberg , as it were . Classical cosmography combined with explorers ' expectations to make a virtual southern land ...
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... southern polar regions has been explored in Lorne K Kriwoken and John W Williamson , ' Hobart , Tasmania : Antarctic and Southern Ocean connections ' , Polar Record , 29 ( 169 ) , 1993 , pp 93-102 , and Ann Savours , ' Hobart and the ...
... southern polar regions has been explored in Lorne K Kriwoken and John W Williamson , ' Hobart , Tasmania : Antarctic and Southern Ocean connections ' , Polar Record , 29 ( 169 ) , 1993 , pp 93-102 , and Ann Savours , ' Hobart and the ...
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Being Australian: Narratives of national identity Catriona Elder Previsualització no disponible - 2007 |