| Edition |
First St. Martin's edition. |
| Description |
xxxii, 438 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 418-420) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Sir Ranulph Fiennes -- Author's preface -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Plan and preparation -- 2. The voyage to Macquarie Island -- 3. From Macquarie Island to Adelie Land -- 4. New lands -- 5. First days in Adelie Land -- 6. Autumn prospects -- 7. The blizzard -- 8. Troglodytes -- 9. Domestic life -- 10. Winter activities -- 11. Spring exploits -- 12. Across King George Land -- 13. Toil and tribulation -- 14. Alone -- 15. Southward over the plateau (from Bage's narrative) -- 16. Eastward over the sea-ice (from Madigan's narrative) -- 17. Across Adelie Land - to east and west (from Stillwell's and Bickerton's reports) -- 18. The ship's story (from Captain Davis's narrative) -- 19. A home on the floating pack-ice (Frank Wild's narrative) -- 20. Winter and spring in Queen Mary Land (Frank Wild's narrative) -- 21. Blocked on the shelf-ice (Frank Wild's narrative) -- 22. Linking up with Kaiser Wilhelm Land (from Dr. S.E. Jones's narrative) -- 23. The second year -- 24. Life on Macquarie Land (George F. Ainsworth's narrative) -- 25. A land of storm and mist (George F. Ainsworth's narrative) -- 26. Short commons (George F. Ainsworth's narrative) -- 27. The homeward cruise -- Appendix 1 : The staff -- Appendix 2 : Acknowledgments -- Appendix 3 : Glossary -- Index. |
| Subject |
Mawson, Douglas, 1882-1958 -- Travel.
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Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914)
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Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration.
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| ISBN |
0312211252 |
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9780312211257 |
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