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THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARD: BEING THE STORY OF THE AUSTRALASIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1911-1914

by Douglas Mawson

Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st thus. 1930

Very good condition. Abridged Popular Edition. Illustrated with ninety-two photographs, eighteen diagrams and three folding maps. Blue patterned cloth boards, gilt title to spine.

Boards browned and just a little marked. Endpapers and text block browned. A few scattered foxspots. All maps present.

Stock no. 1825922

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Contents

  • AUTHOR'S PREFACE
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER
  • I. PLAN AND PREPARATION
  • II. THE VOYAGE TO MACQUARIE ISLAND
  • III. FROM MACQUARIE ISLAND TO ADELIE LAND
  • IV. NEWLANDS
  • V. FIRST DAYS IN ADELIE LAND
  • VI. AUTUMN PROSPECTS
  • VII. THE BLIZZARD
  • VIII. TROGLODYTES
  • IX. DOMESTIC LIFE
  • X. WINTER ACTIVITIES
  • XI. SPRING EXPLOITS
  • XII. ACROSS KING GEORGE LAND
  • XIII. TOIL AND TRIBULATION
  • XIV. ALONE
  • XV. SOUTHWARD OVER THE PLATEAU (From Bage's Narrative)
  • XVI. EASTWARD OVER THE SEA-ICE (From Madigan's Narrative)
  • XVII. ACROSS ADELIE LAND - TO EAST AND WEST (from Stillwell's and Bickerton's Reports)
  • XVIII. THE SHIP'S STORY (From Captain Davis's Narrative)
  • XIX. A HOME ON THE FLOATING PACK-ICE (Frank Wild's Narrative)
  • XX. WINTER AND SPRING IN QUEEN MARY LAND (Frank Wild's Narrative)
  • XXI. BLOCKED ON THE SHELF-ICE (Frank Wild's Narrative)
  • XXII. LINKING UP WITH KAISER WILHELM LAND (From Dr. SE Jones's Narrative)
  • XXIII. THE SECOND YEAR
  • XXIV. LIFE ON MACQUARIE ISLAND (George F. Ainsworth Narrative)
  • XXV. A LAND OF STORM AND MIST (George F. Ainsworth Narrative)
  • XXVI. SHORT COMMONS (George F. Ainsworth Narrative)
  • XXVII. THE HOMEWARD CRUISE
  • APPENDIX I. THE STAFF
  • APPENDIX II. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • APPENDIX III. GLOSSARY
  • INDEX

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