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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... round on the back of a dozer . The most imaginative competitor had taken the rowing machine from the weights room , loaded it on to a sledge and was towed round the course , rowing all the way . I jogged around and developed a violent ...
... round on the back of a dozer . The most imaginative competitor had taken the rowing machine from the weights room , loaded it on to a sledge and was towed round the course , rowing all the way . I jogged around and developed a violent ...
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... round a table of new mail in an institutional canteen - style dining room . Stu consulted a wall - chart and found the number of my pitroom . I was relieved to see my name written up there , for it meant at least they knew I was coming ...
... round a table of new mail in an institutional canteen - style dining room . Stu consulted a wall - chart and found the number of my pitroom . I was relieved to see my name written up there , for it meant at least they knew I was coming ...
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... round . ' She started laughing , so I decided to keep this gripping subject to myself . I was especially keen on other people's ingenuity . Admiral Byrd used to wash a different third of his body each night , and I had heard an engineer ...
... round . ' She started laughing , so I decided to keep this gripping subject to myself . I was especially keen on other people's ingenuity . Admiral Byrd used to wash a different third of his body each night , and I had heard an engineer ...
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