The Antarctic Dictionary: A Complete Guide to Antarctic EnglishThe world's most isolated continent has spawned some of the most unusual words in the English language and, now, one of the most unique dictionaries. In the space of a mere century, a remarkable vocabulary has evolved to deal with the extraordinary environment and living organisms of the Antarctic and subantarctic. This is a complete guide to the origin and definitions of Antarctic words. |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 76 |
Section 3 | 109 |
Section 4 | 163 |
Section 5 | 173 |
Section 6 | 189 |
Section 7 | 194 |
Section 8 | 198 |
Section 9 | 249 |
Section 10 | 283 |
Section 11 | 366 |
Section 12 | 368 |
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Common terms and phrases
albatross American ANARE ANTARCTIC DICTIONARY Antarctic Expedition Antarctica appearance Arctic Auckland Aurora Australian Base birds blue Books breeds British brown called Campbell Cape Captain Charles Club coast common continent Cook covered diaries Discovery Discovery Committee Edward eggs elephant English exploration Falkland Islands feet fish Geographical George glacier head Heard Island icebergs John Journal Kerguelen known land live London Macquarie Island marine Mawson Melbourne miles natural nest night noun Ocean Office pack party penguin petrel Polar Press recorded regions reports Research Richard Robert rock round Royal seal seen ship shore skua sledge snow Society South Georgia South Pole southern species station story subantarctic summer surface Sydney term Tristan da Cunha University usually voyage Wellington whale wind winter Zealand
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Antarctic Dictionary: A Complete Guide to Antarctic English |
| Author | Bernadette Hince |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Csiro Publishing, 2000 |
| ISBN | 095774711X, 9780957747111 |
| Length | 394 pages |
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