You Have to be Lucky: Antarctic and Other AdventuresA collection of 22 stories spanning the period between 1947 and 1966 during which the author was involved in adventures as diverse as the first scuba dive in Antarctic waters, the first Australia-Antarctic flight and the founding of Davis Station - now Australia's largest Antarctic base. These tales are about unmapped lands and seas to the extreme south of Australia, as well as less glamorous locations such as the Bogon High plains and Mount Kosciusko. There are chapters about a hurricane in Prydz Bay, scuba diving in the Antarctic, sledging to Lichen Island, establishing Davis Station, and exploring Oates Land. Whilst avoiding serious injury on many occasions the author is reluctant to place too much emphasis on his good luck. Includes a centre section of black & white photographs, a glossary of ice terms, and an index. |
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Page 77
... pushed on , making very good pace compared with the previous day , past silent groups of emperor penguins clustered together motionless on the snow , past numerous Weddell seals basking on the sea ice , over crunchy névé , powder snow ...
... pushed on , making very good pace compared with the previous day , past silent groups of emperor penguins clustered together motionless on the snow , past numerous Weddell seals basking on the sea ice , over crunchy névé , powder snow ...
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... pushed , there are only four places the ice can go . It can be ' rafted ' out over the top or pushed down underneath the adjacent ice . It can be piled up and wedged against the ship's side or it can rise up on edge then slide down ...
... pushed , there are only four places the ice can go . It can be ' rafted ' out over the top or pushed down underneath the adjacent ice . It can be piled up and wedged against the ship's side or it can rise up on edge then slide down ...
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... pushed on through narrow chasms of blue space between towering icebergs in water whose surface glistened with the oil - slick appearance of frazil ice . The temperature was about 18 ° F . I kept a mental note of the appearance of ...
... pushed on through narrow chasms of blue space between towering icebergs in water whose surface glistened with the oil - slick appearance of frazil ice . The temperature was about 18 ° F . I kept a mental note of the appearance of ...
Contents
Beyond Kerguelen Henry Lawson | 1 |
Introduction | 2 |
Hurricane in Prydz Bay | 11 |
Copyright | |
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ahead aircraft ANARE anchor Antarctic Antarctica ashore astern astrofix Australia beach Béchervaise beneath bergs bergy bits blowing boulders bows bridge cabin captain climbed coast cracks crew Davis decided deck drift DUKW engine fast ice February flight floating gear Geehi glacier tongue hauling heavy Horn Bluff ice cliffs ice edge ice floes ice shelf iceberg iceberg tongue kilometres Kista Kista Dan knots Larsemann Hills launch Leckie Lichen Island looked luck lucky Macquarie Island Mawson Mawson Station Melbourne metres Mitta motor boat Mount Mount Henderson mountain moved night nunataks open water P.G. Law pack ice photographs plateau pontoon Prydz Bay pushed radio reached returned rock rolled rope sailed sea ice ship ship's shore side skis sledge slope snow starboard station storm surf surface swell tank took track unloading Vestfold Hills Vincennes Bay voyage walk waves Weasel weather Wilson Hills wind