Terra Incognita: Travels in AntarcticaRandom House, 1998 - Всего страниц: 351 Ever since the time of Captain Cook, Antarctica has captured the imagination of countless explorers who set off against great odds in search of riches and honor, for science or a better world. Sara Wheeler weaves together her own experiences on the ice with the grueling adventures of Antarctica's most mythic figures - the Norwegian Roald Amundsen, who beat his rival to the Pole by twenty-nine days; Ernest Shackleton, whose men lived on seal and penguin blubber for three months when their ship was pierced by an iceberg; Apsley Cherry-Garrard, who famously braved the polar winter to hunt down rare penguin eggs that were ignored and eventually lost back home; Robert Falcon Scott, whose heroic example inspired countless young men to sacrifice themselves in the First World War. Accounts of these epic expeditions alternate with Sara Wheeler's own adventures in Antarctica, where a motley crew of scientists, drifters and dreamers search for bacterial traces that might hold the key to life on Mars, harass penguins and seek to measure this still largely impenetrable land. |
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... appeared at the Corner Bar within 48 hours of arrival . The Corner Bar was the creation of four enterprising support staffers who had turned their two - bedroom - plus - connecting- bathroom configuration into a communal lounge bar and ...
... appeared at the Corner Bar within 48 hours of arrival . The Corner Bar was the creation of four enterprising support staffers who had turned their two - bedroom - plus - connecting- bathroom configuration into a communal lounge bar and ...
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... appeared in my office shortly after I returned to McMurdo : someone had told him I spoke French . He was an ice corer en route to Vostok , the Russian base in the empty heart of East Antarctica . Vostok was a potent name in the history ...
... appeared in my office shortly after I returned to McMurdo : someone had told him I spoke French . He was an ice corer en route to Vostok , the Russian base in the empty heart of East Antarctica . Vostok was a potent name in the history ...
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... appearing at judicious moments in the Helicopter Operations room . Soon I had successfully insinuated myself onto the flight manifest . The day before I left on my pilgrimage to Crozier , I attended the weekly science lecture . It was ...
... appearing at judicious moments in the Helicopter Operations room . Soon I had successfully insinuated myself onto the flight manifest . The day before I left on my pilgrimage to Crozier , I attended the weekly science lecture . It was ...
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TWO Terra Nova Bay | 27 |
THREE Landscapes of the Mind | 44 |
FOUR The Other Side of Silence | 61 |
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