Alone in Antarctica
A physicist and meteorologist discusses her two-month journey across Antarctica on cross country skis, making her the the first woman--and only the third person in history--to ski across the entire continent alone.
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- Full title :Alone in Antarctica / Felicity Aston ; with a foreword by Joanna Lumley.
Summary
A physicist and meteorologist discusses her two-month journey across Antarctica on cross country skis, making her the the first woman--and only the third person in history--to ski across the entire continent alone.
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- Publication Date:2014.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Counterpoint
- Place of Publication:Berkeley, Calif
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014.
Notes
"The first woman to ski solo across the southern ice"--Cover.
The Physical Object
- Description:253 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations (chiefly color) ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781619023475, 1619023474
- oclc:ocn948606590
- LC Classification:G850 2011
- Dewey Decimal:919.8904
Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: ch. One Every Step -- ch. Two Paying Attention -- ch. Three LOO-JW -- ch. Four Forty-Six -- ch. Five Life Raft -- ch. Six Bald-Headed Men -- ch. Seven Sundogs and Haloes -- ch. Eight Skiing in the Dark -- ch. Nine Getting Out of the Tent.
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