The North Pole has disappeared! With no compass to divide the world, chaos ensues! Nations ride to war; a beautiful woman travels across the brawling continents to find eternal life; a daring aeronaut and a lovesick rabbit follow behind, sworn to thwart her quest; an eccentric scientist’s study of time-manipulating creatures has collapsed; and the mythical Time Snatcher, who stalks men’s dreams and steals their youth while they sleep, has reappeared. But what has the missing magnetic north got to do with it all? None can say, but the fate of the world hangs by a thread! Written by the award-winning Wilfrid Lupano and illustrated by Crayon d’Or prize winner Jean-Baptiste Andréae, Azimut is perfect for fans of Terry Gilliam and the whimsical creatures of Lewis Carroll.

This publication contains preprints of papers presented at the Eighth AFCRL Scientific Balloon Symposium, 30 September to 3 October 1974, held at Hyannis, Mass. The papers are grouped in accordance with the five symposium sessions: powered balloons, tethered balloons, free balloon technology, balloon-borne experiments, and special applications

An up-to-date record of the most recent developments and thinking in the methods, problems and challenges in the field of rock support, including cable bolting, shotcrete in mining, support in rockburst-prone ground, and support design, analysis and applications.