Antarctica: First Impressions, 1773-1930Douglas Sellick |
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afternoon Antarctic Circle Antarctic Expedition Antarctic petrels Antarctica appeared Aurora barrier bergs birds Bjaaland blizzard boats British Antarctic Expedition camp Cape Cape Adare Cape Evans Captain clear clouds coast cold colour continued Cook course Crane Channel crevasse dark Deception Island deck depôt distance dogs Douglas Mawson drift east eight exploration feet floes gale going Graham Land Hanssen Hayward horizon Hut Point ice islands icebergs January journey latitude light longitude looked loose ice March masses Mawson Mertz miles morning mountains night noon o'clock observations ocean pack party passed penguins petrels plateau Polar Polheim reached Richy Ross sail Scott seal seemed seen ship shore side sight sledge snow soon South Pole southern Stareek stood surface temperature tent thick took turned vessel Victoria Land voyage weather Weddell Sea whales whilst Wild wind yards