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A memory of ice : the Antarctic voyage of the Glomar Challenger /

In the southern summer of 1972/73, the Glomar Challenger was the first vessel of the international Deep Sea Drilling Project to venture into the seas surrounding Antarctica, confronting severe weather and ever-present icebergs. A Memory of Ice presents the science and the excitement of that voyage i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Truswell, Elizabeth M. (Author)
Corporate Author: Australian National University Press
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Acton, A.C.T., Australia : ANU Press, [2019]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • To sea in search of the forests
  • But first, the plateau
  • Across the spreading ridge
  • Crossing the path of HMS Challenger
  • Encounter with Captain James Cook
  • The memory of ice
  • The continent's imprint
  • Into the fabled Sea
  • Traces of the forest
  • An intensity of green.