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Matthiessen discusses a wide range of topics relating to Antarctica, including the geological and hydrographic forces that historically led to the formation of the continent in the first place, the history (and environmental politics) of southern whaling, the details of many of its native species, and the vexed question of global warming and ...
To the Ends of the Earth is a trilogy of nautical novels—Rites of Passage (1980), Close Quarters (1987), and Fire Down Below (1989)—by British author William Golding.Set on a former British man-of-war transporting migrants to Australia in the early 19th century, the novels explore themes of class and man's reversion to savagery when isolated, in this case, the closed society of the ship's ...
Etidorhpa belongs to a subgenre of fiction that shares elements of science fiction, fantasy, utopian fiction, and scientific (or pseudoscientific) speculation. [4] Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth is the most famous book of this type, though many others can be cited.
Answer: 192. Question: Earth Day's founding was partially inspired by protestors against what? ... Question: What 1968 book warned of the dangers of overpopulation on the planet?
Notes from an Apocalypse is an investigative book about the anxieties of a potential ecological and social collapse and the movements of survivalism that have followed. Mark O'Connell describes his experiences at the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, survival bunkers in South Dakota, an apocalyptic retreat in New Zealand, and with the environmentalist group Dark Mountain Project in the Scottish Highlands.
A Journey to the Center of the Earth game for Sega Genesis was planned but never released. [13] A board game adaptation of the book designed by Rüdiger Dorn was released by Kosmos in 2008. [14] Caedmon Records released an abridged recording of Journey to the Center of the Earth read by James Mason, in the 1960s.
Viaje al centro de la Tierra (English: Journey to the Center of the Earth) is a 1977 Spanish adventure film based on the 1864 novel Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne. It has been released under the titles Where Time Began in theaters in the U.S. and The Fabulous Journey to the Centre of the Earth on TV in the U.K.
The 2008 film Journey to the Center of the Earth has the protagonists Professor Trevor Anderson, his nephew Sean Anderson, and a volcanologist's daughter ending up at the Center of the Earth after traversing a mine system. Unlike the book, the "Center of the Earth" is thousands of miles beneath the Earth's surface and is an air pocket ...