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Erika (17788 KP) created a video about track My Antarctica by Duran Duran in Liberty by Duran Duran in Music

Jun 16, 2019  
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Duran Duran - My Antarctica

  
Eight Below (2006)
Eight Below (2006)
2006 | Action, Drama
6
6.0 (2 Ratings)
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A Disney film all the family will enjoy. Especially fans of dogs, Huskies. The dogs are left behind in Antartica as a snow storm moves in. Will they be able to survive the harsh conditions, or be rescued in time?
  
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Chelsea Handler recommended Mawson's Will in Books (curated)

 
Mawson's Will
Mawson's Will
Lennard Bickel | 2000 | Biography, History & Politics, Science & Mathematics
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"I love stories of survival and I love strong men. This is one man’s story of surviving in Antartica when he lost everyone and everything and still managed to make it back to his ship under the worst possible conditions and elements. What he survived, what he endured, and his will to live are themes I’ll never get tired of learning about. We have always lived among great people, but it’s an essential reminder that there are superior beings."

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Sara Cox (1845 KP) rated A Polar Affair in Books

Aug 24, 2019 (Updated Aug 24, 2019)  
A Polar Affair
A Polar Affair
Lloyd Spencer Davis | 2019 | Natural World, Science & Mathematics
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9.0 (1 Ratings)
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Even though I'm a scientist I rarely read non-fiction for down time. But when I saw this book pop up, I thought "Penguins. Homosexuality. This sounds interesting." It's a common misconception that penguins mate for life and this book first explores this misconception. By following a number of key people who's sole mission was to be the first at the South pole, Lloyd Spencer Davis narrates finds of penguins, extreme conditions and human responses over a number to voyages. Lloyd Spencer Davis also interjects with his studies of adiele penguins and his research into the people who contributed towards the voyage and research of adiele penguin mating rituals and habits by the first ever penguin biologist, Levick. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it was easy to read with elements of humour and some beautiful language to describe the terrain. My only criticism is that it would have been beneficial to include a map of Antartica to get a judge of distance and bearing to help visualise the journies more.