The home of the blizzard : a heroic tale of antarctic exploration and survival / By Sir Douglas Mawson.
Publication details: New york : Skyhorse ; London : Constable & robinson [distributor], 2013.Description: xx, 734 p. : maps, ill, facsimile ; 23 cmISBN:- 9781620874097 (pbk.)
- 1620874091 (pbk.)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 919.89 MAW | Available | 054719 |
Machine generated contents note: ch. I The Problem and Preparations -- ch. II The Last Days at Hobart and the Voyage to Macquarie Island -- ch. III From Macquarie Island to Adelie Land -- ch. IV New Lands -- ch. V First Days in Adelie Land -- ch. VI Autumn Prospects -- ch. VII The Blizzard -- ch. VIII Domestic Life -- ch. IX Midwinter and Its Work -- ch. X The Preparation of Sledging Equipment -- ch. XI Spring Exploits -- ch. XII Across King George V Land -- ch. XIII Toil and Tribulation -- ch. XIV The Quest of the South Magnetic Pole -- ch. XV Eastward Over the Sea-Ice -- ch. XVI Horn Bluff and Penguin Point -- ch. XVII With Stillwell's and Bickerton's Parties -- ch. XVIII The Ship's Story -- ch. XIX The Western Base---Establishment and Early Adventures -- ch. XX The Western Base---Winter and Spring -- ch. XXI The Western Base---Blocked on the Shelf-Ice -- ch. XXII The Western Base---Linking Up with Kaiser Wilhelm II Land -- ch. XXIII A Second Winter --
Contents note continued: ch. XXIV Nearing the End -- ch. XXV Life on Macquarie Island -- ch. XXVI A Land of Storm and Mist -- ch. XXVII Through Another Year -- ch. XXVIII The Homeward Cruise.
"Sir Douglas Mawson records his historic expedition to explore uncharted land in Antarctica. Pitted against formidable natural forces, he and his team faced unrelenting natural forces as they traverse the previously unexplored King George V Land directly south of Australia"--Provided by publisher.