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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... once the humpbacks were exhausted , other whales such as the blue , sei , and fin were more intensively hunted . Bob himself found humpback whale meat surprisingly palatable and much superior to sperm whale . On the day he watched and ...
... once the humpbacks were exhausted , other whales such as the blue , sei , and fin were more intensively hunted . Bob himself found humpback whale meat surprisingly palatable and much superior to sperm whale . On the day he watched and ...
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... once or twice along the way through the effort of ' somehow or other keeping up a companionship when there is often almost nothing to keep it up on ' . Once she stared into ' the black pit of a nervous breakdown ' because of their ...
... once or twice along the way through the effort of ' somehow or other keeping up a companionship when there is often almost nothing to keep it up on ' . Once she stared into ' the black pit of a nervous breakdown ' because of their ...
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... Once , when bent double in a storm high on Erith , he had looked across the Kent Group of islands and glimpsed ' a scene of such wildness that for the first time , we were forced to visualise New Zealand to the East and South America to ...
... Once , when bent double in a storm high on Erith , he had looked across the Kent Group of islands and glimpsed ' a scene of such wildness that for the first time , we were forced to visualise New Zealand to the East and South America to ...
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Being Australian: Narratives of national identity Catriona Elder Previsualització no disponible - 2007 |