Terra Incognita: Travels in AntarcticaJ. Cape, 1996 - Всего страниц: 306 Sara Wheeler was the first woman selected by the American government to be the Writer in Residence at the US South Pole Station. She spent six weeks at the pole. In this book she reveals how people live on the bases and how the landscape affects them. |
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... Lucia and I whooped as the two red huts hoved into view . They had already been christened Wooville . The fuel line had cracked on one hut , incapacitating the Preway , so confining us in the other , smaller hut . The temperature took ...
... Lucia and I whooped as the two red huts hoved into view . They had already been christened Wooville . The fuel line had cracked on one hut , incapacitating the Preway , so confining us in the other , smaller hut . The temperature took ...
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... Lucia as we sat down at the wobbly card table for our first meal at Cape Evans . ' You called it home ! ' she said , smiling broadly . Then she added , ' I'm afraid I overcooked the beans . ' On clear days , when I walked around the new ...
... Lucia as we sat down at the wobbly card table for our first meal at Cape Evans . ' You called it home ! ' she said , smiling broadly . Then she added , ' I'm afraid I overcooked the beans . ' On clear days , when I walked around the new ...
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... Lucia opened the door with the heavy metal key . It was our last full day at Wooville . ' Remember - ' she began , grinning mischievously . ' I think we've been through that enough times , ' I said . I knew she was about to refer to our ...
... Lucia opened the door with the heavy metal key . It was our last full day at Wooville . ' Remember - ' she began , grinning mischievously . ' I think we've been through that enough times , ' I said . I knew she was about to refer to our ...
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