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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... pilot of our LC - 130 turboprop , a ski - equipped Hercules , barked out the drill for the eight - hour flight . " The toilet facilities on board , " he said , " are primitive at best . They consist of a urinal and a honey bucket . I ...
... pilot of our LC - 130 turboprop , a ski - equipped Hercules , barked out the drill for the eight - hour flight . " The toilet facilities on board , " he said , " are primitive at best . They consist of a urinal and a honey bucket . I ...
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... pilots called it " The Big White . " During the course of the afternoon , we engaged ourselves enthu- siastically in building a snow mound , sawing ice bricks , constructing a wall and digging a trench . Frozen Sausage showed us how to ...
... pilots called it " The Big White . " During the course of the afternoon , we engaged ourselves enthu- siastically in building a snow mound , sawing ice bricks , constructing a wall and digging a trench . Frozen Sausage showed us how to ...
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... pilot introduced himself . He was very sorry but he couldn't possibly take me as the helicopter was al- ready overloaded . He had no idea when there would be another trip . Ten minutes later , as I was still sprawled miserably in my ...
... pilot introduced himself . He was very sorry but he couldn't possibly take me as the helicopter was al- ready overloaded . He had no idea when there would be another trip . Ten minutes later , as I was still sprawled miserably in my ...
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... pilots and an air mechanic from a New Zealand company , and the five non - Italian - speaking Kiwis spent the ... pilot decided to return to Scott Base . Back we trooped into the pale green buildings , disrobing 24 TERRA INCOGNITA.
... pilots and an air mechanic from a New Zealand company , and the five non - Italian - speaking Kiwis spent the ... pilot decided to return to Scott Base . Back we trooped into the pale green buildings , disrobing 24 TERRA INCOGNITA.
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... pilot proclaimed that the flight was off for the day . The Squirrel had to be flown back to McMurdo , there being no tie - down facilities for overnight parking at Scott Base , so I hitched a lift home . All three of the crew came on ...
... pilot proclaimed that the flight was off for the day . The Squirrel had to be flown back to McMurdo , there being no tie - down facilities for overnight parking at Scott Base , so I hitched a lift home . All three of the crew came on ...
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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 | 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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