Mawson by Peter FitzSimons

03/02/2012 23h 54min
Mawson by Peter FitzSimons

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Title: Mawson
Author: Peter FitzSimons
Narrator: Paul English
Format: mp3
Length: 23 hrs and 54 mins
Release date: 02-03-12
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 166 ratings
Genres: Arctic & Antarctica
Publisher's Summary:
Douglas Mawson, born in 1882 and knighted in 1914, was Australia’s greatest Antarctic explorer. On 2 December 1911, he led an expedition from Hobart to explore the virgin frozen coastline below, 2000 miles of which had never felt the tread of a human foot. After setting up Main Base at Cape Denision and Western Base on Queen Mary Land, he headed east on an extraordinary sledging trek with his companions, Belgrave Ninnis and Dr Xavier Mertz. After tragedy struck, Mawson found himself all alone, 160 miles from safety, with next to no food.