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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... Pleistocene Australia could instead be said to have experienced ' dirt ages ' because growth of the ice caps dried the continent , extended the interior deserts , and filled the air with dust . Pleistocene ice age Aus- tralia was cold ...
... Pleistocene Australia could instead be said to have experienced ' dirt ages ' because growth of the ice caps dried the continent , extended the interior deserts , and filled the air with dust . Pleistocene ice age Aus- tralia was cold ...
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... Pleistocene , before the last glacial maximum ; at least as long as modern humans have occupied western Europe.30 What , then , was the nature of that occupation ? Archaeologist Mike Smith argues that the ebb and flow of population in ...
... Pleistocene , before the last glacial maximum ; at least as long as modern humans have occupied western Europe.30 What , then , was the nature of that occupation ? Archaeologist Mike Smith argues that the ebb and flow of population in ...
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... Pleistocene Earth . Antarctica was a luminous relic , a clue to lost ages . Antarctic explorers , as we have seen , originally wanted rock . The ice was a testing ground for physical endeavour , a source of beauty and fear , and an ...
... Pleistocene Earth . Antarctica was a luminous relic , a clue to lost ages . Antarctic explorers , as we have seen , originally wanted rock . The ice was a testing ground for physical endeavour , a source of beauty and fear , and an ...
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Being Australian: Narratives of national identity Catriona Elder Previsualització no disponible - 2007 |