The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 112National Geographic Society, 1957 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... nearly twice the size of the United States , averages 5,000 feet above sea level— higher than any other continent . IGY studies here will yield greatly increased knowledge about the upper atmosphere and near - by space , bringing ...
... nearly twice the size of the United States , averages 5,000 feet above sea level— higher than any other continent . IGY studies here will yield greatly increased knowledge about the upper atmosphere and near - by space , bringing ...
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... nearly a mile . Three men had volunteered to make scientific observations and play gin rummy there over the winter night . While work went on at McMurdo Sound , the icebreaker U.S.S. Staten Island and the 373 cargo ship U.S.S. Wyandot ...
... nearly a mile . Three men had volunteered to make scientific observations and play gin rummy there over the winter night . While work went on at McMurdo Sound , the icebreaker U.S.S. Staten Island and the 373 cargo ship U.S.S. Wyandot ...
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... nearly 28 feet around . It is not surprising that Maryland adopted the white oak as its State tree and purchased the Wye Oak , making it a State monument . Near Hartford in Connecticut , which also honors the white oak as its State tree ...
... nearly 28 feet around . It is not surprising that Maryland adopted the white oak as its State tree and purchased the Wye Oak , making it a State monument . Near Hartford in Connecticut , which also honors the white oak as its State tree ...
Contents
Across the Frozen Desert to Byrd Station Tractorborne Explorers | vi |
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 |
Copyright | |
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