Racing With Death: Douglas Mawson - Antarctic ExplorerBloomsbury Publishing, 11.02.2013 - 288 Seiten Scott, Shackleton and Mawson were the three great explorers of the Edwardian age. Now Beau Riffenburgh tells the forgotten story of Douglas Mawson and his death-defying expedition of 1911-14. A key member of Ernest Shackleton's famous Nimrod Expedition, Mawson led his own Australasian Antarctic Expedition. However, following the tragic deaths of the other members of his sledging party, he was left to struggle the hundreds of miles back to base alone, only to find that the relief ship had sailed away, leaving him to face another year in Antarctica. Having survived with a small band of men against incredible odds, he later led a groundbreaking two-year expedition which explored hundreds of miles of unknown coastline. Mawson's is a story of true heroism and a fascinating insight into the human psyche under extreme duress. |
Inhalt
The Other Pole | |
Australasian Antarctic Expedition | |
The Only Available Place | |
Hurricane Force | |
Start the Sledging | |
A Far Eastern Tragedy | |
Racing with Death | |
The Long Wait | |
A Hero at War and Peace | |
Colouring Antarctica | |
Science or Politics? | |
A Final Visit | |
Antarctica from Australia | |
Glossary | |
Acknowledgements | |
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Racing with Death: Douglas Mawson - Antarctic Explorer Beau Riffenburgh Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2008 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
aboard Adelaide Adelie Land aeroplane Aladdin’s Cave Antarctica Aurora Australasian Antarctic Expedition Australian Bage base BESN Bickerton Blizzard British Burberry Cape Denison Cape Royds Cecil Madigan coal coast Commonwealth Bay continued crampons crevasse David Davis December Delprat despite diary of AAE diary of BANZARE Discovery dogs Douglas Mawson Enderby Land expedition’s exploration feet finally Frank Hurley gale glacier Hannam Hodgeman Home hoped Ice Shelf January Jeffryes journey Kathleen Scott Laseron later letter to DM MAC 68DM MAC MI 16 MacKenzie Macquarie Island Madigan Magnetic Pole Mawson wrote McLean Melbourne Mertz miles morning night Nimrod Ninnis Norwegian Notebook November pack Paquita Plateau Polar pull quoted reached sailed scientific Scott Shackleton Shackleton Ice Shelf ship shore party sledge snow soon South SPRI Stillwell Sydney tent tons turned voyage weather Webb week whaling Whetter Wild wind Winter Quarters wrote Mawson Xavier Mertz