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... snow the force of the blizzard had swept the snow away all round , and little nine - inch - long shapes appeared , standing cheer- fully above the surface like so many blancmange moulds -a chain of these frequently appeared to guide ...
... snow the force of the blizzard had swept the snow away all round , and little nine - inch - long shapes appeared , standing cheer- fully above the surface like so many blancmange moulds -a chain of these frequently appeared to guide ...
Page 84
... snow - petrels which " had actually flown 76 miles inland to a height of 2,450 feet . . . . They were a beautiful sight , hovering with outspread wings just above the snow , tipping it with their feet now and then , to poise without a ...
... snow - petrels which " had actually flown 76 miles inland to a height of 2,450 feet . . . . They were a beautiful sight , hovering with outspread wings just above the snow , tipping it with their feet now and then , to poise without a ...
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... snow and drifts made travelling impossible . The snow piled up in soft drifts and ridges , and they were held up for three days . On the fourth day , although travelling was possible , the wind blew hard and reached gale force . Rymill ...
... snow and drifts made travelling impossible . The snow piled up in soft drifts and ridges , and they were held up for three days . On the fourth day , although travelling was possible , the wind blew hard and reached gale force . Rymill ...
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CHAPTER | 1 |
WHALES SEALS AND PENGUINS | 27 |
ANTARCTIC BIRDS | 39 |
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Adélie Land Adélie penguin altitude Amundsen Antarctic Circle Antarctic Continent Antarctic expedition Antarctic exploration Antarctica Arctic Aurora Australian Bay of Whales Bellingshausen bergs birds blizzard Byrd Byrd's Cape Evans Captain Scott Charcot chart coast cold command crevasses crew d'Urville depot desolate Antarctic Discovery Discovery's dogs Edward VII Land Emperor penguins Erebus feet Filchner fish flight floes flying Framheim gale glacier Graham Land Hanssen Ice Barrier icebergs Island January King Edward VII Lars Christensen Larsen Lieutenant Lincoln Ellsworth Little America longitude Magnetic Pole March miles Morning mountains named naval nearly Norwegian pack-ice peaks plateau Polar explorers Queen Maud Ross Sea Rymill sailed says scientific Scott's last expedition seal second-in-command Shackleton ship sighted skua sledge journey snow South Pole southern journey southward temperature tent Terra Nova tion Victoria Land voyage weather Weddell Sea whilst Wilkes Wilkins Wilson wind winter quarters wireless Zealand