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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... snow like cel- lulite . ' See those ? ' said the pilot over the headset . ' You could drive a double - decker bus in there . ' Then , like a handful of ash , fragments of black metal appeared on the snowfields . On 28 November 1979 a ...
... snow like cel- lulite . ' See those ? ' said the pilot over the headset . ' You could drive a double - decker bus in there . ' Then , like a handful of ash , fragments of black metal appeared on the snowfields . On 28 November 1979 a ...
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... snow into the small pond in the middle of the floor . When the snow had absorbed all the water , he shovelled it out again . The radio was on a jerry can and one end of the weatherhaven was entirely occupied by half - empty tins and ...
... snow into the small pond in the middle of the floor . When the snow had absorbed all the water , he shovelled it out again . The radio was on a jerry can and one end of the weatherhaven was entirely occupied by half - empty tins and ...
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... snow . The catwalk platforms , once fixed above the tread , had regrettably been re- moved by some philistine of the past . Veterans could remember seeing operators sunbathing on the platforms while the machine was moving along . When ...
... snow . The catwalk platforms , once fixed above the tread , had regrettably been re- moved by some philistine of the past . Veterans could remember seeing operators sunbathing on the platforms while the machine was moving along . When ...
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