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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... naval captain puffed up by an imperial past – so do Hunt- ford's critics see him as representative of the ethical decline of his age ; a paparazzo with a pen . - - Huntford was not , however , the first to speculate on Captain Oates ...
... naval captain puffed up by an imperial past – so do Hunt- ford's critics see him as representative of the ethical decline of his age ; a paparazzo with a pen . - - Huntford was not , however , the first to speculate on Captain Oates ...
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... - ually transformed . Harry Hess , a North American mineralogist and war - time naval officer generated another geological by - product of war . He had mapped the ocean floors he voyaged in battle 78 Slicing the Silence.
... - ually transformed . Harry Hess , a North American mineralogist and war - time naval officer generated another geological by - product of war . He had mapped the ocean floors he voyaged in battle 78 Slicing the Silence.
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... naval personnel had taken much greater plunder from Hut Point , and that one man had returned canned goods and books to him . ' It was agreed ' , wrote Keneally , ' I would send him the biscuit for assessment . ' A professional had ...
... naval personnel had taken much greater plunder from Hut Point , and that one man had returned canned goods and books to him . ' It was agreed ' , wrote Keneally , ' I would send him the biscuit for assessment . ' A professional had ...
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Being Australian: Narratives of national identity Catriona Elder Previsualització no disponible - 2007 |