FitzSimons, Peter,

Mawson : and the ice men of the heroic age : Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen / Peter FitzSimons. - This edition published in 2014. - xxvi, 737 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 20 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 713-720) and index.

Douglas Mawson was an Australian original, a great polar explorer in the Heroic Age of Polar Exploration. This book focuses on Mawson's extraordinary feats in Antarctica, in tandem with the giants of the age, Scott of the Antarctic, Sir Ernest Shackleton and Roald Amundsen.

9780857987204


Mawson, Douglas Sir, 1882-1958 --Travel--Antarctica.
Shackleton, Ernest Henry Sir, 1874-1922.
Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928 --Travel--Antarctica.


Explorers--Australia--Biography.


Antarctica--Discovery and exploration--Australian.

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