Racing with Death

Douglas Mawson - Antarctic Explorer

Beau Riffenburgh (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2008 | Airside, waterside & Ireland ed
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
9780747596042 (ISBN)

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The early twentieth century was the 'heroic age' of Antarctic exploration - a time when adventurers such as Scott and Shackleton were national icons. But, while these two are world famous to this day, Australian Douglas Mawson is not. Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition, undertaken in 1911 after he had been a key member of Shackleton's Nimrod expedition, was described Dr Edmund Hillary as "the greatest survival story in the history of exploration". Mawson's expedition, undertaken on a small whaling ship called Aurora, combines several exceptionally exciting elements. Once in the Antarctic, the expedition split up into smaller parties exploring different areas. The two other members of Mawson's party died and Mawson was left to struggle hundreds of miles back to base on his own. Despite incredible odds, he made it, only to find that the rescue ship had sailed away, leaving him to face a year on his own in the Antarctic. Scientifically and geographically speaking, Mawson's expedition was truly groundbreaking and established Australia as a key player in the Antarctic.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.8.2008
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Einbandart	gebunden
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Australien / Neuseeland / Ozeanien
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Welt / Arktis / Antarktis
ISBN-13	9780747596042 / 9780747596042
Zustand	Neuware