Mawson: And the Ice Men of the Heroic Age: Scott, Shackleton and AmundsenRandom House Australia, 26.10.2011 - 765 Seiten THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER History comes to life with Peter FitzSimons in the story of Australia’s most famous polar explorer and the giants from the heroic age of polar exploration: Scott, Amundsen and Shackleton. Sir Douglas Mawson, born in 1882 and knighted in 1914, remains Australia's greatest Antarctic explorer. On 2 December 1911, his Australasian Antarctic Expedition left Hobart to explore the virgin frozen coastline below Australia, 2000 miles of which had never felt the tread of a human foot. He was on his way to fulfil a national dream he had first conceived three years earlier, while on his first trip to the frozen continent on the Nimrod expedition under the leadership of the charismatic Anglo-Irishman Sir Ernest Shackleton. Even as Mawson and his men were approaching Antarctica, two other famous Antarctic explorers were already engaged in nothing less than a race to become the first men to reach the South Pole. While Roald Amundsen of Norway, with his small team, was racing with dogs along one route, England's legendary Scott of the Antarctic, with his far larger team, was relying primarily on ponies and 'man-hauling' to get there along another. As Mawson and his men make their home on the windiest place on earth and prepare for their own record-breaking treks, with devastating drama to be their constant companion, the stories of Amundsen and Scott similarly play out. With his trademark in-depth research, FitzSimons provides a compelling portrait of these great Antarctic explorers. For the first time, he weaves together their legendary feats into one thrilling account, bringing the jaw-dropping events of this bygone era dazzlingly back to life. ______________________________________________ PRAISE FOR PETER FITZSIMONS 'Peter FitzSimons is an Australian phenomenon.' The Canberra Times '[FitzSimons] knows how to make words race like eager sled dogs on their homeward run.' Newcastle Herald 'Meticulously researched, well-written and incredibly presented.' Weekend Notes |
Inhalt
Cover | |
About the Book | |
Chapter Nine To the South | |
Chapter Ten Cape Denison | |
Chapter Eleven Settling | |
Chapter Twelve The Winter Months | |
Chapter Thirteen Into the Wide White Yonder | |
Chapter Fourteen A CloseRun Thing | |
Epilogue | |
Background and Acknowledgements | |
Authors Note | |
Index of Searchable Terms | |
Prologue | |
Chapter Two Into the Night and Out into the Wilderness | |
THREE MEN GET ORGANISED | |
Chapter Seven Trials and Errors | |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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