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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... Swithinbank was another ' exchange scientist ' , and his opposite number was Dr Garik Grikurov who travelled to the British base at Stonington Island . When Swithinbank clambered aboard the Russian ice - breaker , Ob , there were 225 ...
... Swithinbank was another ' exchange scientist ' , and his opposite number was Dr Garik Grikurov who travelled to the British base at Stonington Island . When Swithinbank clambered aboard the Russian ice - breaker , Ob , there were 225 ...
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... Swithinbank was impressed by the quality of life at a Russian base . He soon discovered that he was paid much less ... Swithinbank's watch . The news came through in October 1964 that Khrushchev had been deposed and so his portrait ...
... Swithinbank was impressed by the quality of life at a Russian base . He soon discovered that he was paid much less ... Swithinbank's watch . The news came through in October 1964 that Khrushchev had been deposed and so his portrait ...
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... Swithinbank wrote in his diary , ' is left to the imagination . ' But he also found , translated into Russian , the collected works of William Shakespeare in eight volumes , as well as works by Charles Dickens , Mark Twain , John ...
... Swithinbank wrote in his diary , ' is left to the imagination . ' But he also found , translated into Russian , the collected works of William Shakespeare in eight volumes , as well as works by Charles Dickens , Mark Twain , John ...
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Being Australian: Narratives of national identity Catriona Elder Previsualització no disponible - 2007 |