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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... remained , as Mawson had put it , ' curiously logical at times ' . The trouble started , accord- ing to Jeffryes , when he defended Mawson from Cecil Madigan who ' made a scurrilous insinuation against Mawson , with regard to Mertz ...
... remained , as Mawson had put it , ' curiously logical at times ' . The trouble started , accord- ing to Jeffryes , when he defended Mawson from Cecil Madigan who ' made a scurrilous insinuation against Mawson , with regard to Mertz ...
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... remained frozen in , and they faced the prospect of another winter - and the first birth - in Antarctica . ' I'm having a baby . I've upset the programme . I'm sorry ' , she told Harry . But he was jubilant about Jennie's pregnancy ...
... remained frozen in , and they faced the prospect of another winter - and the first birth - in Antarctica . ' I'm having a baby . I've upset the programme . I'm sorry ' , she told Harry . But he was jubilant about Jennie's pregnancy ...
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... remained working in Antarctica ' with unostentatious persistence , and in the true spirit of scientific devotion ' . The polar party had already been dead for most of a year , but Kathleen Scott's marriage remained alive . She wrote to ...
... remained working in Antarctica ' with unostentatious persistence , and in the true spirit of scientific devotion ' . The polar party had already been dead for most of a year , but Kathleen Scott's marriage remained alive . She wrote to ...
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Being Australian: Narratives of national identity Catriona Elder Previsualització no disponible - 2007 |