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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... Amundsen and the North American Lincoln Ellsworth had flown to within a few degrees of the North Pole in 1925 , and Amundsen was preparing another assault , by airship , in May 1926. Suddenly he found he had a competitor . The North ...
... Amundsen and the North American Lincoln Ellsworth had flown to within a few degrees of the North Pole in 1925 , and Amundsen was preparing another assault , by airship , in May 1926. Suddenly he found he had a competitor . The North ...
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... Amundsen a rare honour . If Byrd did not fly over the North Pole in 1926 , then Amundsen reached it first . If as also now seems likely - neither Frederick Cook nor Robert Peary made it to the North Pole across the ice in 1908 and 1909 ...
... Amundsen a rare honour . If Byrd did not fly over the North Pole in 1926 , then Amundsen reached it first . If as also now seems likely - neither Frederick Cook nor Robert Peary made it to the North Pole across the ice in 1908 and 1909 ...
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... Amundsen defended Cook . He was speaking up for an old shipmate , but also out of admiration for Cook , and indebtedness to him . But , more vitally , Amundsen was speaking out against the idea that anyone - neither a Peary nor a Scott ...
... Amundsen defended Cook . He was speaking up for an old shipmate , but also out of admiration for Cook , and indebtedness to him . But , more vitally , Amundsen was speaking out against the idea that anyone - neither a Peary nor a Scott ...
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Being Australian: Narratives of national identity Catriona Elder Previsualització no disponible - 2007 |