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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... walked to the South Pole in 1985. He was obsessed with Scott , and his romantic vision sustained him on the long one - way trek . ' We walked ' , he told me , ' knowing that they [ Scott and the polar party ] were under us , not looking ...
... walked to the South Pole in 1985. He was obsessed with Scott , and his romantic vision sustained him on the long one - way trek . ' We walked ' , he told me , ' knowing that they [ Scott and the polar party ] were under us , not looking ...
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... walked up to a large area of shingle above the tide line . There were many of these raised beaches on the island , formed when the glaciers retreated after the last ice age . We were struck on the head by skuas dozens of times each day ...
... walked up to a large area of shingle above the tide line . There were many of these raised beaches on the island , formed when the glaciers retreated after the last ice age . We were struck on the head by skuas dozens of times each day ...
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... walked up to the museum along Ross Road West , beyond the memorial to the Battle of the Falklands in 1914 , when Sturdee routed von Spee , and past skeletal hulls poking out of the grey water like icebergs . The Falklands attracted ...
... walked up to the museum along Ross Road West , beyond the memorial to the Battle of the Falklands in 1914 , when Sturdee routed von Spee , and past skeletal hulls poking out of the grey water like icebergs . The Falklands attracted ...
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