02117cam a2200433 i 4500 122812592 TxAuBib 20111014120000.0 210209s1962||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u TxAuBib rda National Geographic: February 1962. VOL 121 NO. 2. February 1962. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 1962. 179 p. : col. ill., Maps, PB ; 26 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier National Geographic Includes an Atlas poster map supplement of The Balkans. Contents: North Carolina, Dixie Dynamo -- Tracking America's man in orbit -- Yugoslavia's window on the Adriatic -- Restive Heartland: The Balkans -- Exploring Antarctica's Phantom Coast -- Roseate Spoonbills, Glory of the Gulf. One of the nation’s oldest states embraces young technologies, especially in the region dubbed Research Triangle. Sixteen stations across the globe monitor everything from flight path and altitude, to the astronaut’s vital signs. A new road being built along the Dalmatian coast proceeds much like the country’s economy – – the slow but steady product of hard work. In Texas, Louisiana, and Florida, a beautiful tropical bird makes a comeback from the devastating plumage trade that nearly erased the species from the U. S. landscape some 50 years ago. U. S. Navy icebreakers ram their way farther into the Belllingshausen Sea than have any previous ship. 20111014. Dixie Dynamo North Carolina. Orbital Tracking. Yugoslavia's Adriatic. The Balkans. Antarctica's Coast. Roseate Spoonbills. National Geographic. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/ TXING