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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... tent . It was snowing lightly , and I was too tired to dig out the igloo . I chose a place at the back of camp , facing the horizon . My metal tent pegs weren't deep enough , so I hijacked a bunch of bamboo flagpoles , and after the ...
... tent . It was snowing lightly , and I was too tired to dig out the igloo . I chose a place at the back of camp , facing the horizon . My metal tent pegs weren't deep enough , so I hijacked a bunch of bamboo flagpoles , and after the ...
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... tent with Keith , an elec- tronics engineer on the radar project . Although an American Scott tent and a British pyramid tent are , to all intents and purposes , the same , the entrance to a pyramid is two feet off the ground , making ...
... tent with Keith , an elec- tronics engineer on the radar project . Although an American Scott tent and a British pyramid tent are , to all intents and purposes , the same , the entrance to a pyramid is two feet off the ground , making ...
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... tent - mate was not the best thing that had ever happened to Keith . On the first night , he stayed in the weatherhaven until everyone else had retired to their tents , delaying the moment at which he was obliged to join me . ' Hello ...
... tent - mate was not the best thing that had ever happened to Keith . On the first night , he stayed in the weatherhaven until everyone else had retired to their tents , delaying the moment at which he was obliged to join me . ' Hello ...
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