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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... started their engines . A fuel line was connected from ship to shore . When they tested the fuel pipe with air , they found a hole in it four metres from the ship . Once this was patched , the essential 650 000 litres of fuel needed for ...
... started their engines . A fuel line was connected from ship to shore . When they tested the fuel pipe with air , they found a hole in it four metres from the ship . Once this was patched , the essential 650 000 litres of fuel needed for ...
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... started , accord- ing to Jeffryes , when he defended Mawson from Cecil Madigan who ' made a scurrilous insinuation against Mawson , with regard to Mertz ' . Whatever we think of this testimony , it does identify a likely taboo , a ...
... started , accord- ing to Jeffryes , when he defended Mawson from Cecil Madigan who ' made a scurrilous insinuation against Mawson , with regard to Mertz ' . Whatever we think of this testimony , it does identify a likely taboo , a ...
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... about in boats . 57 - Unpacking his typewriter in his cabin , he was about to renew a favourite form of writing . During the war in New Guinea , he had 58 started a diary as an exercise in contemporary history 264 Slicing the Silence.
... about in boats . 57 - Unpacking his typewriter in his cabin , he was about to renew a favourite form of writing . During the war in New Guinea , he had 58 started a diary as an exercise in contemporary history 264 Slicing the Silence.
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Being Australian: Narratives of national identity Catriona Elder Previsualització no disponible - 2007 |