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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... visiting and returning . Humans always hope to come home from the ice . The essays , however , work against the flow of ... visited Antarctica , I was still unsure whether I wanted to write about Australians on 2 Slicing the Silence PROLOGUE.
... visiting and returning . Humans always hope to come home from the ice . The essays , however , work against the flow of ... visited Antarctica , I was still unsure whether I wanted to write about Australians on 2 Slicing the Silence PROLOGUE.
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... visited by humans . The island I was allowed to clamber over ( under expert guidance ) lags behind all other ... visits . Global warming and human visitation , both emanating from the north , are the new factors in the lives of the ...
... visited by humans . The island I was allowed to clamber over ( under expert guidance ) lags behind all other ... visits . Global warming and human visitation , both emanating from the north , are the new factors in the lives of the ...
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... visited Antarctica by cruise ship , over- whelmingly to the Antarctic Peninsula . In the decade of the 1980s , almost that number again of ship - based tourists visited . By the early twenty - first century , that many people were visiting ...
... visited Antarctica by cruise ship , over- whelmingly to the Antarctic Peninsula . In the decade of the 1980s , almost that number again of ship - based tourists visited . By the early twenty - first century , that many people were visiting ...
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Being Australian: Narratives of national identity Catriona Elder Previsualització no disponible - 2007 |