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    Reference 1559 (2125)
    Category Antarctic;
    Author Laseron, Charles, F
    Title SOUTH WITH MAWSON: REMINISCENCES OF THE AUSTRALASIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1911-1914. (IGY)
    Publishing Information Sydney: Angus and Robertson 1957.
    Description 2nd Edition; 223 pages, illustrated with b/w photos by the author, Watson and Frank Hurley, map end papers. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Shelf wear, dust jacket has been neatly repaired with tape on inside, small pieces missing. Covers sunned on edges. Contents clean. "The Mawson Expedition has been spoken of as the last of the 'heroic age' in Polar exploration." The story of Australia's first Antarctic expedition during the winter of 1912 on the blizzard swept shores of King George V land. Altogether they trekked by sledge 600 miles or so. During the treks two of the party, Ninnis & Mertz perished.
    Price £17.50
    Keywords Shackleton, polar, Hurley. S1-Ant
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