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Pourquoi-Pas
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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 � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pourquoi Pas Point
Pourquoi Pas () is an ice-covered point which forms the west side of the entrance to Victor Bay Victor Bay () is a bay about wide and long, indenting the coast between Pourquoi Pas Point and Mathieu Rock, Antarctica. The bay is marked by an extensive chain of icebergs breaking away from the high tongue of Commandant Charcot Glacier. It wa .... It was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pourquoi Pas!
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