The Discovery of Slowness
Format: kindle
ASIN: B00BC254II
Publish date: June 1st 1997
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 333
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Travel,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Philosophy,
Contemporary,
Roman,
German Literature,
Germany
Ein Roman über die Lebensgeschichte des Nordpolarfahrers John Franklin – ein Buch das man bedächtig durchwaten möchte um möglichst viel Zeit mit dem Protagonisten zu verbringen.
Page 1: John Franklin was ten years old, and he was still so slow that he couldn't catch a ball.Page 175:They fought their way across the crevasses opening in the ice plateau until they reached the cliff above the Dorthea. Deep down she hurled herself against the ice wall long since surrounded by th...
In recent years, polar exploration has regained much attention; particularly so the voyages of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton. Relatively little, in comparison, is known about Sir John Franklin, who after several expeditions to the Polar Sea lost his life shortly after having discovered the No...
Polarexpeditionen erfreuen sich derzeit wieder einmal eines gesteigerten Interesses, vor allem diejenigen des zwischenzeitlich von Kenneth Branagh verkörperten Antarktik-Forschers Ernest Shackleton. Weniger bekannt ist dagegen immernoch Sir John Franklin, der nach mehreren vergeblichen Erkundungsfah...
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