The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 109National Geographic Society, 1956 - Geography |
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Page 123
... Summer after summer a shuttle system of more than a hundred weasel trains covered this six - mile trek where every foot was treach- erous , each stone a trap . But the worst problem of all awaited us at Camp II - the 600 - foot cliff ...
... Summer after summer a shuttle system of more than a hundred weasel trains covered this six - mile trek where every foot was treach- erous , each stone a trap . But the worst problem of all awaited us at Camp II - the 600 - foot cliff ...
Page 124
... summers . Even the heavy , bulky trailer laboratories followed this un- usual route , looking like red , fat pigs dangling in the air . The weasels , twice a year - at the start and at the end of each summer's work- used a rough trail ...
... summers . Even the heavy , bulky trailer laboratories followed this un- usual route , looking like red , fat pigs dangling in the air . The weasels , twice a year - at the start and at the end of each summer's work- used a rough trail ...
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... summer of 1951 was running to an end , I could contemplate the past four years with satisfac- tion . The Expéditions Po- laires Françaises had had four major summer expedi- tions and two winterings . on the icecap of Greenland ...
... summer of 1951 was running to an end , I could contemplate the past four years with satisfac- tion . The Expéditions Po- laires Françaises had had four major summer expedi- tions and two winterings . on the icecap of Greenland ...
Contents
Airplanes New Industry and Military Defense Speed Progress | v |
In These Telltale and Often Beautiful Relics of Vanished | xviii |
Athens to Istanbul A Journey Through the Heart of the | 37 |
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