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This Accursed Land - An epic solo journey across Antarctica (Paperback) Loot Price: R208
Discovery Miles 2 080
This Accursed Land - An epic solo journey across Antarctica (Paperback): Lennard Bickel

This Accursed Land - An epic solo journey across Antarctica (Paperback)

Lennard Bickel

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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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Imprint: Canelo History
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: September 2021
Authors: Lennard Bickel
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - B-format
Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 978-1-80032-549-4
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military
Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands
Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Historical geography
Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Geographical discovery & exploration
Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history
Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General
Books > History > History of other lands
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history
Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
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LSN: 1-80032-549-5
Barcode: 9781800325494

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