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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... are short and exciting as few as eight weeks might pass from the moment the sun makes its first appearance over the horizon to the day it never sets. * 99.6 percent is the latest figure from the BAS/SPRI satellite map. xix I n troduction.
... are short and exciting as few as eight weeks might pass from the moment the sun makes its first appearance over the horizon to the day it never sets. * 99.6 percent is the latest figure from the BAS/SPRI satellite map. xix I n troduction.
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Travels in Antarctica Sara Wheeler. appearance over the horizon to the day it never sets. The summer season, broadly speaking, runs from mid-October to late February. One of Antarctica's most salient characteristics is that of scale. The ...
Travels in Antarctica Sara Wheeler. appearance over the horizon to the day it never sets. The summer season, broadly speaking, runs from mid-October to late February. One of Antarctica's most salient characteristics is that of scale. The ...
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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-connectingbathroom configuration into a communal lounge bar and four-bed ...
... 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-connectingbathroom configuration into a communal lounge bar and four-bed ...
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... appeared on the horizon. Over the headset I heard them weighing our options. The weather reports sounded gloomy, and we hadn't even reached the refueling depot. The pilot decided to return to Scott Base. Back we trooped into the pale ...
... appeared on the horizon. Over the headset I heard them weighing our options. The weather reports sounded gloomy, and we hadn't even reached the refueling depot. The pilot decided to return to Scott Base. Back we trooped into the pale ...
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... appeared halfway through the evening. Most New Zealanders are game for a party at any given moment, and these three were no exception, not least because there was no bar at Terra Nova Bay. This might be the last one they'd see for a ...
... appeared halfway through the evening. Most New Zealanders are game for a party at any given moment, and these three were no exception, not least because there was no bar at Terra Nova Bay. This might be the last one they'd see for a ...
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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 | 146 |
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 BIBLICGRAPHY | 343 |
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