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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... bird , even more majestic , more supreme in its element , than my imagination had pictured ... Lying on the invisible currents of the breeze , the bird appeared merely to follow its pinkish bill at random . ” Voyagers to the Australian ...
... bird , even more majestic , more supreme in its element , than my imagination had pictured ... Lying on the invisible currents of the breeze , the bird appeared merely to follow its pinkish bill at random . ” Voyagers to the Australian ...
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... bird - nesting expedition that has been or ever will be ' . ' Their purpose was to collect the eggs of Emperor ... birds and reptiles . This was the scientific belief that drove these men out into the polar night . ' We travelled ...
... bird - nesting expedition that has been or ever will be ' . ' Their purpose was to collect the eggs of Emperor ... birds and reptiles . This was the scientific belief that drove these men out into the polar night . ' We travelled ...
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... birds that had , back in March , moved closer to the glacier . Five hundred chicks - many of them not yet equipped with their swimming uniforms - were crushed or drowned . In this season of the longest days , the Emperors continued to ...
... birds that had , back in March , moved closer to the glacier . Five hundred chicks - many of them not yet equipped with their swimming uniforms - were crushed or drowned . In this season of the longest days , the Emperors continued to ...
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Being Australian: Narratives of national identity Catriona Elder Previsualització no disponible - 2007 |