The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 112National Geographic Society, 1957 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 116
... Wind undermined our shoes when we stood still , letting us sink slowly . Air turbu- lence started small dunes while we watched . Feet first , we slid down the steep dune - and got sandblasted as our faces passed the crest . Wind Makes ...
... Wind undermined our shoes when we stood still , letting us sink slowly . Air turbu- lence started small dunes while we watched . Feet first , we slid down the steep dune - and got sandblasted as our faces passed the crest . Wind Makes ...
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... wind and quieten the sea ? What could I do , if it did not ? The squalls still freshened . The mainyard was bending like a wand . The wind screamed in the rig- ging , and the bowsprit was working altogether too much . I remembered in ...
... wind and quieten the sea ? What could I do , if it did not ? The squalls still freshened . The mainyard was bending like a wand . The wind screamed in the rig- ging , and the bowsprit was working altogether too much . I remembered in ...
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... wind was heading me , and I might have beat there for a couple of days . There were tide races and rips in the sea where the tumbling waters might still dismast me in that kind of wind . So I took a tow for the last few miles , from the ...
... wind was heading me , and I might have beat there for a couple of days . There were tide races and rips in the sea where the tumbling waters might still dismast me in that kind of wind . So I took a tow for the last few miles , from the ...
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