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

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 vo...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Australian National University Press (-)
Other Authors: Truswell, Elizabeth, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Acton, ACT : ANU Press 2019
[2019]
Subjects:
Glomar Challenger (Ship)
Antarctica
Autobiography: science, technology & medicine
Palaeontology
Antarctica.
autobiography
palaeontology
travel
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009424445306719
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.

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