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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... watched almost all the food go down the crevasse which had killed Ninnis , so he was forced to eat the dogs , eyes and all . He had witnessed the agonised ravings of Mertz , watched him bite off his own finger and cleaned up his acute ...
... watched almost all the food go down the crevasse which had killed Ninnis , so he was forced to eat the dogs , eyes and all . He had witnessed the agonised ravings of Mertz , watched him bite off his own finger and cleaned up his acute ...
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... watched the city fizz to life . On the first night , savouring the darkness , I slept in the garden . ' It's so warm , ' I said to Roger the next morning when he returned from his daily run up the nearest hill . - ' What d'you expect ...
... watched the city fizz to life . On the first night , savouring the darkness , I slept in the garden . ' It's so warm , ' I said to Roger the next morning when he returned from his daily run up the nearest hill . - ' What d'you expect ...
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... watched the flashlights dying almost as soon as we turned them on . Having breathed life into the remaining Preway , Buck , whose role was to ensure that Lucia and I were capable of main- taining a camp on our own , sat in front of it ...
... watched the flashlights dying almost as soon as we turned them on . Having breathed life into the remaining Preway , Buck , whose role was to ensure that Lucia and I were capable of main- taining a camp on our own , sat in front of it ...
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