The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 50National Geographic Society, 1927 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 7
... turn headed for shore leave , we three bade it good - bye , 450 miles off the coast of Massachusetts , and boarded the Tampa . The oceanographer is the navigating officer . He must know his vessel's posi- tion any moment of the day or ...
... turn headed for shore leave , we three bade it good - bye , 450 miles off the coast of Massachusetts , and boarded the Tampa . The oceanographer is the navigating officer . He must know his vessel's posi- tion any moment of the day or ...
Page 16
... turns the traffic into a " side street " detour to the south . Like a good traffic officer , the cutter an- swers ... turn east , repeating the rec- tangular methods of searching until night- fall . DAILY NEWSPAPER GETS ITS DISPATCHES ...
... turns the traffic into a " side street " detour to the south . Like a good traffic officer , the cutter an- swers ... turn east , repeating the rec- tangular methods of searching until night- fall . DAILY NEWSPAPER GETS ITS DISPATCHES ...
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... turn completely over . They will tip 90 degrees one day , and then perhaps the next swing 80 degrees in another direction , but they seldom turn turtle . We get to learn much about the odd habits of icebergs . One we came upon had a ...
... turn completely over . They will tip 90 degrees one day , and then perhaps the next swing 80 degrees in another direction , but they seldom turn turtle . We get to learn much about the odd habits of icebergs . One we came upon had a ...
Page 24
... turn over , but sail on as majestically as a well- ballasted ship . The pinnacles are always sharp , as if cut by some giant ax . Drydock bergs deteriorate chiefly by ice sloughing off the steep cliffs and the warm water eating away the ...
... turn over , but sail on as majestically as a well- ballasted ship . The pinnacles are always sharp , as if cut by some giant ax . Drydock bergs deteriorate chiefly by ice sloughing off the steep cliffs and the warm water eating away the ...
Page 35
... turns quietly downward , " breaking into soft white mist during its fall and reaching the bottom in a chaos of seething clouds . The water tumbles perpendicularly for the first 741 feet , then slopes as a cataract to a still reach below ...
... turns quietly downward , " breaking into soft white mist during its fall and reaching the bottom in a chaos of seething clouds . The water tumbles perpendicularly for the first 741 feet , then slopes as a cataract to a still reach below ...
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