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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... sledge . The next , when Mertz and Mawson again looked behind , there was nothing but whiteness . He had vanished . Practically all the food and the best dog team had gone down with him . Ninnis's end was just as he predicted and his ...
... sledge . The next , when Mertz and Mawson again looked behind , there was nothing but whiteness . He had vanished . Practically all the food and the best dog team had gone down with him . Ninnis's end was just as he predicted and his ...
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... sledge . The absence of wind combined with the extreme cold meant that the surface was not swept clean of this hoarfrost ; instead , it remained like sandpaper to slow progress . It was so cold that the skis of the sledge could no ...
... sledge . The absence of wind combined with the extreme cold meant that the surface was not swept clean of this hoarfrost ; instead , it remained like sandpaper to slow progress . It was so cold that the skis of the sledge could no ...
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... sledge journey was forgotten by his captain , John King Davis , and not delivered when the Aurora returned to Australia in early 1913. If the captain had remembered to give it to Paquita , the letter would have told her this : we shall ...
... sledge journey was forgotten by his captain , John King Davis , and not delivered when the Aurora returned to Australia in early 1913. If the captain had remembered to give it to Paquita , the letter would have told her this : we shall ...
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Being Australian: Narratives of national identity Catriona Elder Previsualització no disponible - 2007 |