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Pourquoi Pas
Pourquoi Pas (from French ''pourquoi pas?'' 'why not?') may refer to: * , the name of several ships * Pourquoi Pas Island, an island of Antarctica * Pourquoi Pas Point, a headland of Antarctica * ''Pourquoi pas!'' (''Why Not!''), a 1977 French film starring Sami Frey Sami Frey (born Samuel Frei; 13 October 1937) is a French actor of Iranian Jewish descent. Among the films he starred in are '' En compagnie d'Antonin Artaud'' (1993), in which he portrays French poet and playwright Antonin Artaud, and '' Bande ...
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Pourquoi Pas Island
Pourquoi Pas Island is a mountainous island, long and from wide, lying between Bigourdan Fjord and Bourgeois Fjord off the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908–10. The island was charted more accurately by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under John Rymill, 1934–37, who named it for Charcot's expedition ship, the Pourquoi-Pas ?. See also * Black Pass * Conseil Hill * Quilp Rock an isolated rock off the northwest side of Pourquoi Pas Island * Composite Antarctic Gazetteer * List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands * List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S * Mount Arronax * SCAR * Territorial claims in Antarctica Seven sovereign states – Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom – have made eight territorial claims in Antarctica. These countries have tended to place their Antarctic scientific observation and st ... References External li ...
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Pourquoi Pas Point
Pourquoi Pas () is an ice-covered point which forms the west side of the entrance to Victor Bay. It was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition The French Antarctic Expedition is any of several French expeditions in Antarctica. First expedition In 1772, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec and the naturalist Jean Guillaume Bruguière sailed to the Antarctic region in search of the fabl ..., 1950–52, and named in 1954 after the French polar ship Pourquoi-Pas ?. (English translation: Why Not?) External linksPourquoi Pas Point image Headlands of Adélie Land {{AdélieLand-geo-stub ...
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