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The
Longest Winter: The Incredible Survival of Captain Scott's Lost Party
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Norwegian with Scott: The Antarctic Diary of Tryggve Gran, 1910-13
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Race to the Pole : Tragedy, Heroism, and Scott's
Antarctic Quest
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264:. The site comprises sloping ice-free ground with summer ponds and
248:(ASPA) No.131 because it contains some of the richest plant growth (
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The Last Great Quest : Captain Scott's
Antarctic Sacrifice
435:"Canada Glacier, Lake Fryxell, Taylor Valley, Victoria Land"
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The glacier was discovered and named in the course of the
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The
Coldest March: Scott's Fatal Antarctic Expedition
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695:List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands
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299:Cherry-Garrard, A. (1922, 2001 reprint).
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538:List of glaciers in the Antarctic: I–Z
533:List of glaciers in the Antarctic: A–H
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376:Scott's Last Expedition: The Journals
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444:. Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2006
1570:Antarctic Specially Protected Areas
762:Antarctic Specially Protected Areas
619:Palmer Archipelago and Graham Land
246:Antarctic Specially Protected Area
236:Antarctic Specially Protected Area
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1188:Ablation Point – Ganymede Heights
669:Trinity Peninsula and Graham Land
589:James Ross Island and Graham Land
584:Heard Island and McDonald Islands
378:. Carroll & Graf Publishers.
283:List of glaciers in the Antarctic
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347:. Oxford University Press, USA.
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19:For the glaciers in Canada, see
1575:Glaciers of McMurdo Dry Valleys
181:. Its melting season is in the
40:Canada Glacier in December 2002
302:The Worst Journey in the World
66:Location of Canada Glacier in
1:
720:List of subantarctic glaciers
710:List of Antarctic ice streams
705:List of Antarctic ice shelves
329:Hattersley-Smith, G. (1984).
700:List of Antarctic ice rises
16:Polar glacier in Antarctica
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21:List of glaciers in Canada
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519:Glaciers in the Antarctic
392:. Yale University Press.
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801:Dakshin Gangotri Glacier
1150:North-west White Island
854:Princess Elizabeth Land
629:Princess Elizabeth Land
406:. Cooper Square Press.
402:Ponting, H. G. (1921).
242:Antarctic Treaty System
1517:Southern Powell Island
659:South Shetland Islands
594:Kaiser Wilhelm II Land
1482:Christoffersen Island
806:Svarthamaren Mountain
404:The Great White South
361:. Smithsonian Books.
333:. Stationery Office.
215:Terra Nova Expedition
1374:Coppermine Peninsula
1286:Eastern Dallmann Bay
981:Géologie Archipelago
770:Queen Elizabeth Land
664:South Orkney Islands
634:Queen Elizabeth Land
388:Solomon, S. (2002).
357:Lambert, K. (2004).
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1301:Lagotellerie Island
1135:Hut Point Peninsula
971:Bon Docteur Nunatak
821:Mac. Robertson Land
604:Mac. Robertson Land
305:. Stackpole Books.
258:McMurdo Dry Valleys
217:(1910–1913), under
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343:Jones, M. (2003).
111:77.617°S 162.983°E
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1444:San Telmo Island
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1394:Fildes Peninsula
1384:Deception Island
1238:Striation Valley
1208:Ganymede Heights
1072:Linnaeus Terrace
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1311:Midas Island
1296:Green Island
1281:Dion Islands
1276:Cierva Point
1266:Biscoe Point
1261:Avian Island
1120:Cape Crozier
1110:Backdoor Bay
1057:Cape Hallett
1052:Cape Geology
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574:Enderby Land
547:By territory
446:. Retrieved
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1497:Grey Island
1464:Telefon Bay
1439:Ronald Hill
1429:Port Foster
1404:Kroner Lake
1379:Crater Lake
1321:Mount Flora
1248:Graham Land
1170:Palmer Land
1087:Seabee Hook
991:Port Martin
958:Adélie Land
905:Wilkes Land
679:Wilkes Land
624:Palmer Land
579:Graham Land
554:Adélie Land
278:Canada Peak
189:Description
161:is a small
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89:Coordinates
1564:Categories
1512:Moe Island
1414:Mount Pond
1409:Lions Rump
1130:Cape Royds
1125:Cape Evans
1047:Cape Adare
862:Amanda Bay
614:Oates Land
564:Coats Land
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