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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... turned down the volume and acted out the voices themselves . This ventril- oquism easily tipped over into daily relations , and soon men were bowing and holding doors open for one another , and addressing their colleagues with sweet and ...
... turned down the volume and acted out the voices themselves . This ventril- oquism easily tipped over into daily relations , and soon men were bowing and holding doors open for one another , and addressing their colleagues with sweet and ...
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... turned out to be a little scrap of black film paper fluttering near the skirting of their tent . A mite might be mistaken for a man . Time , too , was warped . In Antarctica , it felt like time had not only skipped a beat , but had lost ...
... turned out to be a little scrap of black film paper fluttering near the skirting of their tent . A mite might be mistaken for a man . Time , too , was warped . In Antarctica , it felt like time had not only skipped a beat , but had lost ...
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... retained their dignity and humanity , that they might still have made it had luck turned , had a search party found them in time , had the blizzard relented . Tuesday , 7 January 44 degrees 15 minutes south , Captain Scott's Biscuit 349.
... retained their dignity and humanity , that they might still have made it had luck turned , had a search party found them in time , had the blizzard relented . Tuesday , 7 January 44 degrees 15 minutes south , Captain Scott's Biscuit 349.
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Being Australian: Narratives of national identity Catriona Elder Previsualització no disponible - 2007 |