The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 181National Geographic Society., 1992 - Geography |
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ROM MY HILLTOP HOTEL at Listvyanka I could also see ships passing hypnotically on the smooth blue water far below . ... Barbara Skinner ; and the ship's Russian crew , whose names were Victor , Slava , Yuri , Wovchek , and Galya .
ROM MY HILLTOP HOTEL at Listvyanka I could also see ships passing hypnotically on the smooth blue water far below . ... Barbara Skinner ; and the ship's Russian crew , whose names were Victor , Slava , Yuri , Wovchek , and Galya .
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Victor was at the wheel , vigilant as always , casually twirling his mustache with one eye on the ship's barometer . " You should have been here in May , " he said with a laugh . I'd heard the story . Obruchev nearly sank on May 16 ...
Victor was at the wheel , vigilant as always , casually twirling his mustache with one eye on the ship's barometer . " You should have been here in May , " he said with a laugh . I'd heard the story . Obruchev nearly sank on May 16 ...
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Over breakfast that morning Slava had told me that our ship wasn't named for Obruchev until 1956 , when the great geologist died . Before that it was called Albatross , and its commander was his friend , Sergei Vasiliev , greatest of ...
Over breakfast that morning Slava had told me that our ship wasn't named for Obruchev until 1956 , when the great geologist died . Before that it was called Albatross , and its commander was his friend , Sergei Vasiliev , greatest of ...
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