PublishedNew Holland, May 2011 |
ISBN9781742571232 |
FormatHardcover, 224 pages |
Dimensions28cm × 23cm |
A fascinating biography of Australia's greatest Antarctic explorer. Includes170 photographs, among them rare family snapshots and some of Frank Hurley's greatest Antarctic images, many of them previous unpublished. Includes old diaries and correspondence which paint a portrait of Mawson against a background of some of the most important events of the 20th Century.
Much more than a book about Antarctic exploration, Lincoln Hall draws on his own experiences in his attempt to understand what made it possible for Mawson to achieve what he did in climatic conditions which to the uninitiated seems suicidal.
