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    Reference 1113 (1513)
    Category Antarctic;
    Author Douglas Mawson, (Sir)
    Title THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARD. Being the Story of the Australasian Expedition, 1911-1914. VOLUME II ONLY
    Publishing Information London: William Heinemann, 1915.
    Description 1st Edition: VOLUME 2 ONLY xiii, 338pages, frontispiece, 10 colour photos on 10 plates, 93 plates (5 folding), 20 text illustrations, 3 Maps in rear pocket. Original covers. Ex school library, Longton High School stamps. Covers softening, fraying with small splits,bumped, marked. Text block fairly tight.One of the maps has a tear along the fold repaired with archival quality tape.Volume 2 contains Chapters XVII to XXVIII. Stillwell's and Bickerton's parties, The Ship's Story by Capt. J.K.Davies, 4 chapters on the Western Base, A Second Winter, Nearing the End, Life on Macquarie Island by G.F. Ainsworth, A Land of Storm and Mist by G.F. Ainsworth, Through another Year by G.F. Ainsworth, The Homeward Cruise, 7 appendices and Index.The book is in the same format as Shackleton's Heart of the Antarctic. Initially intending to be a member of Scott's party, Mawson decided to command his own expedition, the first official Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Mawson charted more than 2000 miles of coastline and nearly lost his life in a wild sledge journey. In the process, he developed a detailed scientific analysis of George V Land and Macquarie Island, and produced this classic account of heroic age exploits, which includes stunning photography from the camera of Frank Hurley. Shore parties wintered at Cape Denison and on the Shackleton Ice Shelf. The former base was unfortunately located in an area of constant gale-force winds -- hence the title. In December 1912 a sledge party reached the South Magnetic Pole, located by Eric Webb. Meanwhwile another party, consisting of Mawson, Ninnis and Mertz explored eastwards across George V Land. Only Mawson returned to base, Ninnis having fallen down a crevasse and Mertz having died of starvation and compliications. The expedition would discover 1,320 miles of land, including the Mertz, Denman, and Scott Glaciers, and the Davis Sea, and map 800 miles of coastline between Gaussberg and Cape Adare, all along the Adelie Land coast and beyond. Mawson's tale is one of the great stories of survival of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration.
    Price £170.00
    Keywords Shackleton, polar, Scott S1-Ant
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