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BL
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974888
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b729258
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| Main Entry
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Long, John A.,1957-
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| Title & Author
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Mountains of madness : : a journey in Antarctica /\ John Long.
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| Publication Statement
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St. Leonards, N.S.W. :: Allen & Unwin,, 2000.
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1 online resource (xvi, 238 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) :: color illustrations
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| ISBN
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1741151333
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: 9781741151336
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-233) and index.
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| Contents
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Part title; Title page; Foreword; Contents; Preface: My Mountains of Madness; 1 A strange and hostile land; 2 Of heroes, rocks and fossils; 3 Survival training: Tekapo, New Zealand; 4 Arrival in Antarctica; 5 Antics on ice; 6 A very good Christmas; 7 Dry valleys, sand dunes and rivers; 8 Back to the Great White South; 9 Cape Evans and Cape Royds; 10 A flight of discovery; 11 On Mr Darwin's glacier; 12 The first worst day of my life; 13 Dancing on the Gorgon's head; 14 Up the McCleary Glacier; 15 A room at Fish Hotel; 16 The skua; 17 The ascent of Mt Gudmundson; 18 Over the Mulock Glacier.
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| Abstract
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A riveting account of a modern scientific expedition to the Antarctic.
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| Subject
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Long, John A.,1957-Travel-- Antarctica-- Transantarctic Mountains.
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Long, John A.,1957-
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Paleontology-- Antarctica-- Transantarctic Mountains.
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Scientific expeditions-- Antarctica-- Transantarctic Mountains.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Historical.
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Discoveries in geography.
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Paleontology.
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Scientific expeditions.
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TRAVEL.
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Travel.
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Transantarctic Mountains (Antarctica), Discovery and exploration.
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Antarctica, Transantarctic Mountains.
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| Dewey Classification
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919.8/904
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QE22.L755A3 2001eb
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