Bibliograph

Mawson's will, the greatest polar survival story ever written, by Lennard Bickel ; foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary

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Mawson's will, the greatest polar survival story ever written, by Lennard Bickel ; foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mawson's will

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

42968054

Responsibility statement

by Lennard Bickel ; foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary

Sub title

the greatest polar survival story ever written

Summary

Mawson's Will is the dramatic story of what Sir Edmund Hillary calls "the most outstanding solo journey ever recorded in Antarctic history." For weeks in Antarctica, Douglas Mawson faced some of the most daunting conditions ever known to man: blistering wind, snow, and cold; loss of his companion, his dogs and supplies, the skin on his hands and the soles of his feet; thirst, starvation, disease, snowblindness - and he survived

Table Of Contents

Prelude: The two tents -- The cruel continent -- The assault -- The rejected invitation -- Driven westward -- The kingdom of blizzards -- The winter of intent -- Outward bound -- Discovery and death -- In peril on the ice -- Diet of dog -- Cross in the snow -- One pair of feet -- Corpse in a crevasse -- A colored bag -- Aladdin's beacon -- A winter to wait -- Sequel: the contract stands

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