The silent sound : the story of two years in Antarctica and the first winter occupation of Alexander Island /
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| Author / Creator: | Pearce, Cliff. |
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| Imprint: | Sussex, England : Book Guild, 2004. |
| Description: | 256 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5372380 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Southwards
- 2. Landless latitudes - and land
- 3. The Kista Dan is beset
- 4. Frustration and failure
- 5. Winter at Deception Island
- 6. Toscaig and friends
- 7. The penguins return
- 8. Our South American neighbours
- 9. Up in the air
- 10. Summer comes to Deception Island
- 11. To Marguerite Bay
- 12. Stonington at last - and further southwards
- 13. Alexander Island and King George VI Sound
- 14. Settling in
- 15. April - an autumn journey
- 16. Winter comes to Fossil Bluff
- 17. Dark, dark days
- 18. The camp by the glacier
- 19. Struggling south - from Stonington to Fossil Bluff
- 20. South with the dogs
- 21. The summer programme completed : we leave Fossil Bluff
- 22. A month at Stonington Island
- 23. Northwards to the Falklands
- 24. Homeward bound
- 25. Reflections : the British in the Antarctic 1944-1961
- App. 1. Place-names in Antarctica
- App. 2. Falkland Islands Dependencies bases 1944-1961
- App. 3. A note on the weather at Fossil Bluff, March 1961 to January 1962
- App. 4. Published scientific reports derived from Fossil Bluff field work 1961-62.
