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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... Ice Age . 19 So wrote Griffith Taylor in his Field Journal on 31 July 1919. The following morning he cabled his ... Ice ages , Gondwana , ages of planation , rapid evolution , mountain building and races of man . Letter follows , please ...
... Ice Age . 19 So wrote Griffith Taylor in his Field Journal on 31 July 1919. The following morning he cabled his ... Ice ages , Gondwana , ages of planation , rapid evolution , mountain building and races of man . Letter follows , please ...
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... , their imaginations caught up in vigorous debates about glaciation , searched for signs of ice ages on the face of Australia , especially any that might correspond with the ' Great Ice Age ' of the northern hemisphere that Heavenly Bodies ...
... , their imaginations caught up in vigorous debates about glaciation , searched for signs of ice ages on the face of Australia , especially any that might correspond with the ' Great Ice Age ' of the northern hemisphere that Heavenly Bodies ...
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... ice age , and soon he ' desired to see an ice age in being . " He wanted to experience modern glacial processes in action . When he sighted Adélie Land in Antarctica in 1911 , with its massive ice cliffs along the coast , he felt elated ...
... ice age , and soon he ' desired to see an ice age in being . " He wanted to experience modern glacial processes in action . When he sighted Adélie Land in Antarctica in 1911 , with its massive ice cliffs along the coast , he felt elated ...
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Being Australian: Narratives of national identity Catriona Elder Previsualització no disponible - 2007 |