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Page 221
... snow , lifted the plane's tail around , and faced the craft down the gentle slope . With a hasty handshake and a " So long , partner , " Terry climbed aboard . A roar and a swirl of snow and he was off . I heard the drone of the motor ...
... snow , lifted the plane's tail around , and faced the craft down the gentle slope . With a hasty handshake and a " So long , partner , " Terry climbed aboard . A roar and a swirl of snow and he was off . I heard the drone of the motor ...
Page 228
... snow . When a big crevasse began to block our way , we climbed sharp slopes to the crest of the ridge which paralleled our route to the left . Actually we encountered only two crevasses , small in comparison to those on the northeast ...
... snow . When a big crevasse began to block our way , we climbed sharp slopes to the crest of the ridge which paralleled our route to the left . Actually we encountered only two crevasses , small in comparison to those on the northeast ...
Page 245
... snow imaginable . On the surface there was a thin , breakable crust ; under it a layer of granular snow about like buckshot ; then another thin crust , then a 245 few inches of powdery snow , and finally a solid mass of hard blue ice ...
... snow imaginable . On the surface there was a thin , breakable crust ; under it a layer of granular snow about like buckshot ; then another thin crust , then a 245 few inches of powdery snow , and finally a solid mass of hard blue ice ...
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Fact Finding for Tomorrows Planes A Little Faninabox Wind | v |
All America Mingles in the Prairie State | ix |
Rip Van Winkle of the Underground North Americas Much Misunder | xii |
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