The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 53National Geographic Society, 1928 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... side , we should have had to turn about at once . In such close quarters this would have been hard for the two planes to do at the same time . Luckily , the pass stayed clear and we came out on the other side to find ourselves nearly ...
... side , we should have had to turn about at once . In such close quarters this would have been hard for the two planes to do at the same time . Luckily , the pass stayed clear and we came out on the other side to find ourselves nearly ...
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... side of which has been broken away . At the upper left the top of another mountain can be seen projecting through the clouds like an island . IN THE LAND OF CLOUDS AND ROCKS AND SNOW Flying. first to greet us . I noticed that he had a ...
... side of which has been broken away . At the upper left the top of another mountain can be seen projecting through the clouds like an island . IN THE LAND OF CLOUDS AND ROCKS AND SNOW Flying. first to greet us . I noticed that he had a ...
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... side an open sack out in the thickest woods , a lantern beside him , and in his hand a large bell , which he rang continu- ously to attract the wary snipe . The rest of the party had left him with the understanding that they would go ...
... side an open sack out in the thickest woods , a lantern beside him , and in his hand a large bell , which he rang continu- ously to attract the wary snipe . The rest of the party had left him with the understanding that they would go ...
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... sides with utmost speed . In a few seconds they had formed a tight spiral , each sheep trying its best to get into the ... side of the herd and driving it back toward the herdsman , Colonel Lindbergh zoomed upward and went on . ONE OF ...
... sides with utmost speed . In a few seconds they had formed a tight spiral , each sheep trying its best to get into the ... side of the herd and driving it back toward the herdsman , Colonel Lindbergh zoomed upward and went on . ONE OF ...
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... side he found a hole through which he managed to pick up the ground again . We were forced to detour far to the south , for we carried much less gas than the Spirit of St. Louis . If we had crossed the range and had been unable to find ...
... side he found a hole through which he managed to pick up the ground again . We were forced to detour far to the south , for we carried much less gas than the Spirit of St. Louis . If we had crossed the range and had been unable to find ...
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