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This Accursed Land - An epic solo journey across Antarctica (Paperback)
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This Accursed Land - An epic solo journey across Antarctica (Paperback)
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Loot Price R196
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Sir Edmund Hillary described Douglas Mawson's epic and punishing
journey across 600 miles of unknown Antarctic wasteland as 'the
greatest story of lone survival in polar exploration'.This Accursed
Land tells that story; how Mawson declined to join Captain Robert
Scott's ill-fated British expedition and instead lead a three-man
husky team to explore the far eastern coastline of the Antarctic
continent. But the loss of one member and most of the supplies soon
turned the hazardous trek into a nightmare. Mawson was trapped 320
miles from base with barely nine days' food and nothing for the
dogs. Eating poisoned meat, watching his body fall apart, crawling
over chasms and crevices of deadly ice, his ultimate and lone
struggle for survival, starving, poisoned, exhausted and
indescribably cold, is an unforgettable story of human endurance.
Grippingly told by Lennard Bickel, this is the most extraordinary
journey from the brutal golden age of Antarctic exploration.
Perfect for fans of Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air or Michael Palin's
Erebus.
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