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Page 291
... miles now separated us from Api's northern glaciers , but still we found no one who knew of a route through the gorge . For twenty miles , said the villagers , we should find tracks - very bad tracks - but after that , nothing . The ...
... miles now separated us from Api's northern glaciers , but still we found no one who knew of a route through the gorge . For twenty miles , said the villagers , we should find tracks - very bad tracks - but after that , nothing . The ...
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... miles a day over these ten miles . Only on short passages did the rock demand the use of our hands . Fortunately , the weather was excellent and the heat lessening as we gained height , until , on 5th June , we reached 10,000 feet and ...
... miles a day over these ten miles . Only on short passages did the rock demand the use of our hands . Fortunately , the weather was excellent and the heat lessening as we gained height , until , on 5th June , we reached 10,000 feet and ...
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... miles southward from Darwin and finally gives up its journey at Birdum . Farther south a better line comes north a thousand miles from Adelaide to Alice Springs ; but the two fail to meet by 638 miles . They appear to have as much hope ...
... miles southward from Darwin and finally gives up its journey at Birdum . Farther south a better line comes north a thousand miles from Adelaide to Alice Springs ; but the two fail to meet by 638 miles . They appear to have as much hope ...
Contents
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ACROSS THE INDIAN OCEAN BY LIEUT COMDR A G HAMILTON | 96 |
BALTIC CRUISE BY DUNCAN STEWART | 96 |
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