Alone on the ice: the greatest survival story in the history of exploration
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His two companions were dead, his food and supplies had vanished in a crevasse, and Douglas Mawson was still one hundred miles from camp.
On January 17, 1913, alone and near starvation, 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.
Mawson was sometimes reduced to crawling, and one night he discovered that the soles of his feet had completely detached from the flesh beneath. On February 8, when he staggered back to base, his features unrecognizably skeletal, the first teammate to reach him blurted out, "Which one are you?"
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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Grouping Title | alone on the ice the greatest survival story in the history of exploration |
Grouping Author | david roberts |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2025-04-01 22:18:22PM |
Last Indexed | 2025-04-01 22:22:50PM |
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His two companions were dead, his food and supplies had vanished in a crevasse, and Douglas Mawson was still one hundred miles from camp.
On January 17, 1913, alone and near starvation, 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.
Mawson was sometimes reduced to crawling, and one night he discovered that the soles of his feet had completely detached from the flesh beneath. On February 8, when he staggered back to base, his features unrecognizably skeletal, the first teammate to reach him blurted out, "Which one are you?"
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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9781470836474
9781470836481
9781481593656
9781982415273
ADULT BOOK ON CD
Blackstone Publishing
W. W. Norton & Company
Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration
Australasian Antarctic Expedition -- (1911-1914)
Biographies
Biography
History
History, Modern
Mawson, Douglas, -- 1882-1958 -- Travel
Polar regions
Twentieth century
Alone on the Ice The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration
Alone on the ice : the greatest survival story in the history of exploration / David Roberts
Alone on the ice : the greatest survival story in the history of exploration / by David Roberts
Biography
Biography & Autobiography
Discovery and exploration
History
History, Modern
Mawson, Douglas
Nonfiction
Polar regions
Travel
Twentieth century
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