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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... told a journalist , ' They all look so well and strong in that last picture . ' But they don't . They look as though their hearts have just broken . The marker at the Geographic Pole is shifted about thirty feet each year to compensate ...
... told a journalist , ' They all look so well and strong in that last picture . ' But they don't . They look as though their hearts have just broken . The marker at the Geographic Pole is shifted about thirty feet each year to compensate ...
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... told me that he had grown up in Lyttelton . ' Antarctica was always part of my life , ' he said , running his fingers through his grey hair . ' My next - door neighbours were children of people who'd been on the early expeditions . ' He ...
... told me that he had grown up in Lyttelton . ' Antarctica was always part of my life , ' he said , running his fingers through his grey hair . ' My next - door neighbours were children of people who'd been on the early expeditions . ' He ...
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... told me that my face looked like a bowl of porridge . ' It's because I have severe menstrual cramps , ' I announced loudly . Silence descended , and I immediately felt better . I didn't want to be an honorary man , and I was fed up with ...
... told me that my face looked like a bowl of porridge . ' It's because I have severe menstrual cramps , ' I announced loudly . Silence descended , and I immediately felt better . I didn't want to be an honorary man , and I was fed up with ...
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