Arctic & Antarctica
epub |eng | 2018-01-27 | Author:Edward J. Larson

Chapter 9 On Top of the World TWO MONTHS TO THE day after Shackleton’s southern party claimed Robert Peary’s record for reaching nearest a geographical pole, the American, without knowing ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers March 14,2018 )
epub |eng | 2016-12-08 | Author:David Welky

Crocker Land was an illusion that grew into a lie that took on a life of its own. Borup and MacMillan turned the lie into a dream fueled by their ...
( Category: Arctic & Antarctica March 8,2018 )
epub |eng | 2011-02-16 | Author:Samuel Hearne [Hearne, Samuel]

CHAPTER 8 January 9th, 1772 to June 29th, 1772 Transactions and Remarks from our Arrival on the South Side of the Athapuscow Lake, till our Arrival at Prince of Wales’s ...
( Category: Americas March 5,2018 )
epub |eng | 2017-10-05 | Author:unknow

3 It was months before the creature showed any signs of recovery. One morning, they went to check in the barn and their goat, Ralph, had been ripped apart. Blood ...
( Category: Science Fiction February 5,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Elizabeth Leane

7 Looking Up and Looking Down The South Pole’s unusual combination of physical features gives it peculiar advantages as a site for scientific investigation. However, the science that takes place ...
( Category: Polar Regions January 20,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Laurie Gwen Shapiro

SEVEN THE STOWAWAY REPORT There were girls in Dunedin. But Billy was told by Lieutenant Harry Adams, For godsake, go home for a year and have fun! Visit your worried ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers January 17,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Unknown

8. WITH WATSON’S FINANCIAL BACKING Malcolm could at last launch the shipping line that had long been his dream. Since their fares were the cheapest available it was an immediate ...
( Category: Arctic & Antarctica January 10,2018 )
epub |eng | 2017-08-03 | Author:Chris Turney [Turney, Chris]

The Endurance headed east out from South Georgia to try to bypass the worst of the ice before plunging south into the Weddell Sea. It didn’t work. Three days after ...
( Category: Professionals & Academics December 3,2017 )
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Rob Mundle [Rob Mundle]

Sergeant David Key, Senior Constable Darryl Jones and Senior Constable Barry Barclay received the Valour Award for actions of extraordinary bravery. The Valour Award is the highest award for bravery ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology November 27,2017 )
epub |eng | 2011-01-27 | Author:Shelagh D. Grant

Aerial view of Crystal II Air Base at Frobisher Bay, 1946. Although not as lavish as described in the British high commissioner’s report, this was a sizable airfield that was ...
( Category: Americas November 26,2017 )
epub |eng | 2003-01-01 | Author:Jennifer Niven [Niven, Jennifer]

( Category: Historical November 26,2017 )
epub |eng | 2017-09-26 | Author:Kenn Harper

Minik’s bravado, his flair for publicity, and his apparent self-confidence belied a terrible insecurity. Four months earlier, as he trekked desperately northward in his futile attempt to reach the Arctic ...
( Category: Arctic & Antarctica November 18,2017 )
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2000-11-02 | Author:Lennard Bickel

Eight hours after Ninnis was killed—at nine in the evening of December 14—they pulled with the dogs along the old tracks until they came to the rise that would hide ...
( Category: Arctic & Antarctica November 2,2017 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2016-08-31 | Author:Peter Wadhams [Wadhams, Peter]

Figure 8.2: Changes in the mass balance of glaciers in different regions of the globe. There are some other minor factors involved in the eustatic sea level rise. One is ...
( Category: Earth Sciences October 30,2017 )
epub |eng | 2011-09-13 | Author:Lynne Cox [Cox, Lynne]

Jimmy shows off his hunting stick beside a polar-bear skin. Now he waits for the Arctic char to return to King William Island. Still restless and feeling lonely, I walked ...
( Category: Travel Writing October 26,2017 )