The Home of the Blizzard, Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 [Illustrated]

by Douglas Mawson

Overview

This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents

CONTENTS
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I. THE PROBLEM AND PREPARATIONS
CHAPTER II. THE LAST DAYS AT HOBART AND THE VOYAGE TO MACQUARIE ISLAND
CHAPTER III. FROM MACQUARIE ISLAND TO ADELIE LAND
CHAPTER IV. NEW LANDS
CHAPTER V. FIRST DAYS IN ADELIE LAND
CHAPTER VI. AUTUMN PROSPECTS
CHAPTER VII. THE BLIZZARD
CHAPTER VIII. DOMESTIC LIFE
CHAPTER IX. MIDWINTER AND ITS WORK;
CHAPTER X. THE PREPARATION OF SLEDGING EQUIPMENT
CHAPTER XI. SPRING EXPLOITS
CHAPTER XII. ACROSS KING GEORGE V LAND
CHAPTER XIII. TOIL AND TRIBULATION
CHAPTER XIV. THE QUEST OF THE SOUTH MAGNETIC POLE
CHAPTER XV. EASTWARD OVER THE SEA-ICE
CHAPTER XVI. HORN BLUFF AND PENGUIN POINT
CHAPTER XVII. WITH STILLWELL'S AND BICKERTON'S PARTIES
CHAPTER XVIII. THE SHIP'S STORY
CHAPTER XIX. THE WESTERN BASE — ESTABLISHMENT AND EARLY ADVENTURES
CHAPTER XX. THE WESTERN BASE — WINTER AND SPRING
CHAPTER XXI. THE WESTERN BASE — BLOCKED ON THE SHELF-ICE
CHAPTER XXII. THE WESTERN BASE — LINKING UP WITH KAISER WILHELM II LAND
CHAPTER XXIII. A SECOND WINTER
CHAPTER XXIV. NEARING THE END
CHAPTER XXV. LIFE ON MACQUARIE ISLAND
CHAPTER XXVI. A LAND OF STORM AND MIST
CHAPTER XXVII. THROUGH ANOTHER YEAR
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE HOMEWARD CRUISE
APPENDIX.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013437548
Publisher:	VolumesOfValue
Publication date:	12/01/2011
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About the Author

"Sir Douglas Mawson, OBE, FRS, FAA (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and Academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton, Mawson was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration." -- Wikipedia