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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... hands were frostbitten . Wind so strong , unable to stand up against it , and could not see [ my ] hand in front because of snow . 48 On another day , he recorded that ' Many of the gusts must have exceeded one hundred miles per hour ...
... hands were frostbitten . Wind so strong , unable to stand up against it , and could not see [ my ] hand in front because of snow . 48 On another day , he recorded that ' Many of the gusts must have exceeded one hundred miles per hour ...
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... hand . Their party had sailed to the Antarctic ice shelf in late 1928 and the following spring they learned of the Wall Street stockmarket crash on their weekly radio news . When Gould began his geological sledge journey in the summer ...
... hand . Their party had sailed to the Antarctic ice shelf in late 1928 and the following spring they learned of the Wall Street stockmarket crash on their weekly radio news . When Gould began his geological sledge journey in the summer ...
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Voyaging to Antarctica Tom Griffiths. ten hand - carved chessmen made possibly from a broom handle , two scones found ... hands ' took a few rocks from the side of the cairn ' so that we could see what was in it without in any way ...
Voyaging to Antarctica Tom Griffiths. ten hand - carved chessmen made possibly from a broom handle , two scones found ... hands ' took a few rocks from the side of the cairn ' so that we could see what was in it without in any way ...
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Being Australian: Narratives of national identity Catriona Elder Previsualització no disponible - 2007 |