The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 115National Geographic Society, 1959 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 44
... reached us about midnight , picking us up by their radar . Their visibility was barely half a mile , and the cloud ceiling was at about 800 feet , making a landing doubly risky . After a radio consultation it was agreed that the planes ...
... reached us about midnight , picking us up by their radar . Their visibility was barely half a mile , and the cloud ceiling was at about 800 feet , making a landing doubly risky . After a radio consultation it was agreed that the planes ...
Page 237
... reached a rendezvous point where Chic Morton , manager of Alta Lodge , awaited us . A flock of outgoing skiers piled into the taxis for the return trip . Morton motioned us into an open boatlike vehicle on caterpillar treads . " The ...
... reached a rendezvous point where Chic Morton , manager of Alta Lodge , awaited us . A flock of outgoing skiers piled into the taxis for the return trip . Morton motioned us into an open boatlike vehicle on caterpillar treads . " The ...
Page 325
... reached " Fire ! " Geysers of mud and sand erupted as the blast ripped wide gaps in the temporary earth dam . The river , surging through the cuts , soon washed out the rest of the dam ( page 320 ) . An hour passed before the swelling ...
... reached " Fire ! " Geysers of mud and sand erupted as the blast ripped wide gaps in the temporary earth dam . The river , surging through the cuts , soon washed out the rest of the dam ( page 320 ) . An hour passed before the swelling ...
Contents
A TROPICAL BIT OF FRANCE 255 | vi |
FIRST CROSSINGS OF THE ENDS OF THE EARTH | 1 |
THE ARCTIC AS A SEA ROUTE OF THE FUTURE | 21 |
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