Alone on the ice : the greatest survival story in the history of exploration
Roberts, David, 1943-2013
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On January 17, 1913, alone and near starvation, Douglas Mawson, leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, was hauling a sledge to get back to base camp. The dogs were gone. Now Mawson himself plunged through a snow bridge, dangling over an abyss by the sledge harness. A line of poetry gave him the will to haul himself back to the surface. This thrilling and almost unbelievable account establishes Mawson in his rightful place as one of the greatest polar explorers and expedition leaders.
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New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.
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1 volume
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780393240160 (hbk)
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English
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BRN:
854796
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