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The Home of the Blizzard
Douglas, Sir Mawson
Antarctica tried to kill them with wind alone. Sir Douglas Mawson's account of his expedition to the home of the blizzard is one of the great survival stories: hurricane gales, sledging tragedy, and a lone walk back from the edge of death. Ice, courage, and endurance beyond reckoning. Among the finest of all polar narratives. Venture into the coldest, windiest place on Earth.
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42 chapters
- 1THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARD:
- 2BEING THE STORY OF THE AUSTRALASIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1911-1914; By Sir Douglas Mawson, D.Sc., B.E. ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE ALSO WITH MAPS WITH 260 FULL-PAGE AND SMALLER ILLUSTRATIONS BY DR. E. A. WILSON AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE EXPEDITION, PHOTOGRAVURE FRONTISPIECES, 12 PLATES IN FACSIMILE FROM DR. WILSON'S SKETCHES, PANORAMAS AND MAPS TO THOSE WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE: THE SUBSCRIBERS AND CO-OPERATORS TO THOSE WHO MADE IT A SUCCESS: MY COMRADES AND TO THOSE WHO WAITED
- 3TABLE OF CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS
- 4AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- 5FOREWORD
- 6INTRODUCTION
- 7LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 8Sir Douglas Mawson (Photogravure)
- 9COLOUR PLATES
- 10Virgin solitudes
- 11CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND PREPARATIONS
- 12CHAPTER II THE LAST DAYS AT HOBART AND THE VOYAGE TO MACQUARIE ISLAND
- 13CHAPTER III FROM MACQUARIE ISLAND TO ADELIE LAND
- 14CHAPTER IV NEW LANDS
- 15CHAPTER V FIRST DAYS IN ADELIE LAND
- 16CHAPTER VI AUTUMN PROSPECTS
- 17CHAPTER VII THE BLIZZARD
- 18CHAPTER VIII DOMESTIC LIFE
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