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Mawson - A Life (Paperback, illustrated edition)
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Mawson - A Life (Paperback, illustrated edition)
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Sir Douglas Mawson was Australia's pre-eminent Antarctic explorer,
a tall, quiet scientist who survived several gruelling polar
expeditions, and went on to play a notable role in the academic and
research establishment. He is most famed for an ill-fated
expedition in 1913, in which he trekked hundreds of kilometres
alone, without supplies, after his two companions perished. But he
was also the main architect of Australia's official Antarctic
presence in the first half of the twentieth century, instrumental
in the Australian Government's decision to claim part of
Antarctica, and in the founding of Australia's major organization
for Antarctic exploration and research. Philip Ayres' life of
Mawson is the definitive biography of the polar explorer, who died
in 1958. In this richly researched and well-illustrated work, he
paints a picture of a man who was a brave and resourceful hero, but
also a deeply flawed personality.
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