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Home of the Blizzard - Sir Douglas Mawson

Home of the Blizzard

A True Story of Antarctic Survival
Buch | Softcover
480 Seiten
2000 | 3rd Revised edition
Birlinn Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84158-077-7 (ISBN)
CHF 26,15 inkl. MwSt
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A tale of discovery and adventure, of pioneering deeds, great courage, heart-stopping rescues and heroic endurance. It presents the author's own account of his years spent in sub-zero temperatures and gale-force winds.
"The Home of the Blizzard" is a tale of discovery and adventure, of pioneering deeds, great courage, heart-stopping rescues and heroic endurance. This is Mawson's own account of his years spent in sub-zero temperatures and gale-force winds. At it heart is his epic sledge journey of 1912-13, during which both his companions perished. Told in a laconic but gripping style, this is the classic account of the struggle for survival of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition - a journey which mapped more of Antarctica than any expedition before or since. The photographs included ion this book were taken on the expedition by Frank Hurley, later to achieve fame on Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance expedition.

Sir Douglas Mawson, geologist and explorer, was born on 5 May 1882 at Shipley, Yorkshire, second son of Robert Ellis Mawson, before the family moved to Rooty Hill, near Sydney, in 1884. He went on to become one of Australia's greatest explorers, noted primarily for his extensive work in Antarctica. His exploration of the continent spanned the years between 1907 and 1931. He died in 1958.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 3.10.2000
Vorwort Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Zusatzinfo 48pp b&w illustrations
Verlagsort Edinburgh
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Gewicht 664 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Geschichte / Politik
Reisen Reiseberichte Welt / Arktis / Antarktis
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10 1-84158-077-5 / 1841580775
ISBN-13 978-1-84158-077-7 / 9781841580777
Zustand Neuware
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