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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... Temperature To convert the Celsius Scale ( that which we used to call Centigrade ) to Fah- renheit , multiply the temperature by nine fifths and add 32. In reverse , take 32 from the Fahrenheit temperature and multiply by five ninths ...
... Temperature To convert the Celsius Scale ( that which we used to call Centigrade ) to Fah- renheit , multiply the temperature by nine fifths and add 32. In reverse , take 32 from the Fahrenheit temperature and multiply by five ninths ...
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... temperature in the world , minus 129.3 degrees Fahrenheit , which is minus 89.2 Celsius . The annual mean temperature at Vostok was minus 55 Celsius five degrees colder than at the South Pole . They had also drilled deeper than anyone ...
... temperature in the world , minus 129.3 degrees Fahrenheit , which is minus 89.2 Celsius . The annual mean temperature at Vostok was minus 55 Celsius five degrees colder than at the South Pole . They had also drilled deeper than anyone ...
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... temperature is below freezing , ' I asked , feeling – and sounding stupid , ' why doesn't it freeze ? ' - ' The salt lowers the freezing point , ' said the diver , towelling his hair . " The saltier the water , the lower the temperature ...
... temperature is below freezing , ' I asked , feeling – and sounding stupid , ' why doesn't it freeze ? ' - ' The salt lowers the freezing point , ' said the diver , towelling his hair . " The saltier the water , the lower the temperature ...
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