Arctic & Antarctica
epub |eng | | Author:Ernest Shackleton

CHAPTER X ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA The sun rose in the sky with every appearance of a fine day, and we grew warmer as we toiled through the soft snow. Ahead ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers October 16,2014 )
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2014-08-04 | Author:Hampton Sides [Sides, Hampton]

AROUND MIDNIGHT ON June 11, something momentous did happen. While most of the men slept away the bright polar night, the ice opened with a ragged crack, and the Jeannette ...
( Category: Arctic & Antarctica August 20,2014 )
epub |eng | 1973-01-01 | Author:Henry de Monfreid [Monfreid, Henry de]

TWENTY-THREE The Hiding-Place At dawn the white lights of Suez faded before the golden glory of the sun, and the town suddenly appeared out of the desert in dazzling clearness. ...
( Category: Great Britain March 26,2014 )
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2009-09-15 | Author:Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Chapter VIII - Spring * Inside was pandemonium. Most men had gone to bed, and I have a blurred memory of men in pyjamas and dressing-gowns getting hold of me ...
( Category: Polar Regions March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-10-15 | Author:Peter Nichols

Eleven The Ships and the Men William Fish Williams’s childhood homes, the ships Florida, Hibernia, and Monticello, were more alike than any three houses in a small suburban neighborhood. The ...
( Category: Engineering March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 1998-11-02 | Author:Caroline Alexander

On Elephant Island The James Caird, Dudley Docker, and Stancomb Wills safely ashore at Cape Valentine, Elephant Island. The men pull the Caird to higher ground; two figures, one in ...
( Category: Arctic & Antarctica March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2007-09-03 | Author:Palin, Michael [Palin, Michael]

Thursday, June 24th I enjoy a rare day with no need to go out – not even a game of squash. And I find myself with time on my hands. ...
( Category: Television Performers March 25,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Jonathan Clements

7 BEYOND THE EDGE OF THE WORLD ICELAND, GREENLAND AND VINLAND There are some who claim that Gotland, with its hoards of silver, is the treasury of the Viking Age. ...
( Category: Europe March 25,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-01-28 | Author:Roberts, David [Roberts, David]

c. Reduce time from 14 to 11½ weeks. d. More weight with tents & gear. [Therefore] I. not probable. II. 2a. Still out sketching [Harrisson was a gifted artist] 2b. ...
( Category: Arctic & Antarctica March 24,2014 )