Terra Incognita: Travels in AntarcticaRandom House Publishing Group, 1 окт. 2014 г. - Всего страниц: 384 It is the coldest, windiest, driest place on earth, an icy desert of unearthly beauty and stubborn impenetrability. For centuries, Antarctica has captured the imagination of our greatest scientists and explorers, lingering in the spirit long after their return. Shackleton called it "the last great journey"; for Apsley Cherry-Garrard it was the worst journey in the world. This is a book about the call of the wild and the response of the spirit to a country that exists perhaps most vividly in the mind. Sara Wheeler spent seven months in Antarctica, living with its scientists and dreamers. No book is more true to the spirit of that continent--beguiling, enchanted and vast beyond the furthest reaches of our imagination. Chosen by Beryl Bainbridge and John Major as one of the best books of the year, recommended by the editors of Entertainment Weekly and the Chicago Tribune, one of the Seattle Times's top ten travel books of the year, Terra Incognita is a classic of polar literature. |
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... Zealand to the Falklands ..... 197 TWELVE One of the Boys ...... THIRTEEN ..208 Fossil Bluff and the Ski Hi Nunataks .231 FOURTEEN Afloat in the Southern Ocean ........ 263 PART THREE Map : Ross Island and McMurdo Sound FIFTEEN xi.
... Zealand to the Falklands ..... 197 TWELVE One of the Boys ...... THIRTEEN ..208 Fossil Bluff and the Ski Hi Nunataks .231 FOURTEEN Afloat in the Southern Ocean ........ 263 PART THREE Map : Ross Island and McMurdo Sound FIFTEEN xi.
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... Zealand , " that the scientific community in the Antarctic regard it as their property and bitterly resent any outsiders venturing there . " Men had been quarreling over Antarctica since it emerged from the southern mists , perceiving ...
... Zealand , " that the scientific community in the Antarctic regard it as their property and bitterly resent any outsiders venturing there . " Men had been quarreling over Antarctica since it emerged from the southern mists , perceiving ...
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... Zealand with the Americans in November , just as the austral summer was under way . Their main base is on one of the many hundreds of islands scattered around the Antarctic coast , and from there I could travel to a variety of field ...
... Zealand with the Americans in November , just as the austral summer was under way . Their main base is on one of the many hundreds of islands scattered around the Antarctic coast , and from there I could travel to a variety of field ...
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... Zealand 180 ° TEMPERATURE To convert the Celsius Scale ( which we used to call Centigrade ) to Fahrenheit , multiply the temperature by nine fifths and add 32. In re- verse , take 32 from the Fahrenheit temperature and multiply by five ...
... Zealand 180 ° TEMPERATURE To convert the Celsius Scale ( which we used to call Centigrade ) to Fahrenheit , multiply the temperature by nine fifths and add 32. In re- verse , take 32 from the Fahrenheit temperature and multiply by five ...
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... Zealand I had to present myself at nine in the morning at the headquarters of the U.S. Antarctic Program in Christchurch in order to be issued my Extreme Cold Weather clothing . I borrowed a mountain bike and cycled along deserted roads ...
... Zealand I had to present myself at nine in the morning at the headquarters of the U.S. Antarctic Program in Christchurch in order to be issued my Extreme Cold Weather clothing . I borrowed a mountain bike and cycled along deserted roads ...
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27 | |
THREE Landscapes of the Mind | 44 |
FOUR The Other Side of Silence | 61 |
FIVE The Naked Soul of Man | 78 |
SIX At the South Pole | 101 |
SEVEN Feasting in the Tropics | 133 |
EIGHT The Response of the Spirit | 145 |
NINE Igloos and Nitroglycerine | 166 |
TWELVE One of the Boys | 208 |
THIRTEEN Fossil Bluff and the Ski Hi Nunataks | 231 |
FOURTEEN Afloat in the Southern Ocean | 263 |
The Erebus Glacier Tongue | 281 |
Cape Evans | 305 |
SEVENTEEN Restoration | 326 |
Ulysses | 335 |
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY | 343 |
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