The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 112National Geographic Society, 1957 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... Pole ( star ) could see the " spin pole , " it would appear to move around him in an exceedingly slow , erratic arc . Drawing at left illustrates how the tilt of earth's axis produces the long polar night . Below : Though winter ...
... Pole ( star ) could see the " spin pole , " it would appear to move around him in an exceedingly slow , erratic arc . Drawing at left illustrates how the tilt of earth's axis produces the long polar night . Below : Though winter ...
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... Pole around . A little plywood shack , 4 by 4 by 8 feet and standing on a metal airdrop platform , marks the spot ; we call it the South Pole Observatory . It's now about 1,200 feet out from camp , along the 132nd meridian ; once Dick ...
... Pole around . A little plywood shack , 4 by 4 by 8 feet and standing on a metal airdrop platform , marks the spot ; we call it the South Pole Observatory . It's now about 1,200 feet out from camp , along the 132nd meridian ; once Dick ...
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... Pole Byrd had no sooner returned from Etah than he was preparing to go back north . His second attempt , made the following year , was a major triumph , sufficient by itself to ensure his place in history . He and his copilot , Floyd ...
... Pole Byrd had no sooner returned from Etah than he was preparing to go back north . His second attempt , made the following year , was a major triumph , sufficient by itself to ensure his place in history . He and his copilot , Floyd ...
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Cairo Egypt | xvii |
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Masked Dancers of the Southwest | xxiii |
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