Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
expeditionist .
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Examples
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Mawson was the lone survivor of the far eastern sledging journey after young British army officer Belgrave Ninnis fell down a crevasse and Swiss expeditioner Xavier Mertz succumbed to illness and exhaustion on the gruelling return journey.
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Having already become the first woman and the youngest rower to cross the Indian Ocean solo, Miss Outen has been described by the renowned explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes as "an adventurer and expeditioner second to none".
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A former expeditioner and electronic engineer, Yates has spent two winters and "a number of" summers in Antarctica.
iTnews Australia 2010
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But everything in the pitiless world of the Antarctic expeditioner is relative.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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An Antarctic expeditioner has been evacuated from the frozen continent after being seriously injured in an accident early today.
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Salt gets pushed out when sea ice freezes, as it does not fit in the structure of the crystal, and the older the ice, the less salt it contains, which is why, as every expeditioner once knew, you can wash with melted first-year ice, cook with second-year ice, and make tea with multi-year ice.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Heritage and the Arts. AAD telecommunications manager, Peter Yates, started out as an expeditioner at Mawson station in the 1980s.
Computerworld News 2010
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Salt gets pushed out when sea ice freezes, as it does not fit in the structure of the crystal, and the older the ice, the less salt it contains, which is why, as every expeditioner once knew, you can wash with melted first-year ice, cook with second-year ice, and make tea with multi-year ice.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The three voyages, led by legendary Kimberley expeditioner Mike
WN.com - Articles related to Air India announces daily flight from Washington 2009
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The three voyages, led by legendary Kimberley expeditioner Mike
WN.com - Articles related to Barack Obama and the China syndrome 2009
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