The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 112National Geographic Society, 1957 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... five hours . Fifteen minutes later the engine spluttered as the right tank ran dry , and I switched over to the left . After checking and rechecking our consumption , I estimated the right tank had carried us for two hours and forty - five ...
... five hours . Fifteen minutes later the engine spluttered as the right tank ran dry , and I switched over to the left . After checking and rechecking our consumption , I estimated the right tank had carried us for two hours and forty - five ...
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... Five Finger Rapids . Some people had dismissed them lightly ; others had warned of their treachery . Now they loomed before us - five separate chan- nels where the foaming water cascaded around a quartet of rocky buttes . We went ashore ...
... Five Finger Rapids . Some people had dismissed them lightly ; others had warned of their treachery . Now they loomed before us - five separate chan- nels where the foaming water cascaded around a quartet of rocky buttes . We went ashore ...
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259 + Boats Bob Like Corks near the Treacherous Five Finger Rapids Between Carmacks and Fort Selkirk a broken wall of rock almost blocks the Yukon . The river rushes through five gaps in the barrier , frothing over rapids . During gold ...
259 + Boats Bob Like Corks near the Treacherous Five Finger Rapids Between Carmacks and Fort Selkirk a broken wall of rock almost blocks the Yukon . The river rushes through five gaps in the barrier , frothing over rapids . During gold ...
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Flight to Adventure Flying Their Own Singleengine Plane a Daring | v |
To the Men at South Pole Station By Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd | 1 |
Fledgling Wings of the Air Force By Thomas W McKnew | 266 |
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