first edition
1977 · New York
by Bickel, Lennard
New York: Stein and Day, 1977. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. [9.25x6.5in]; 237 pp., 24 illustrations, images and facsimile; Light blue paper cover with black cloth spine back, gilt lettering on spine and author signature on front, all edges trimmed, area and route maps on end papers; Some fading to edges of covers and corners slightly bumped, some small light spotting on top edge; Blue pictorial dust jacket with whit lettering on front and spine; Minor edge wear to dust jacket with a few small chips to top of spine and corners. Douglas Mawson (1882-1958) was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton, Mawson was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. The Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14) set out to explore coast land south of Australia. The Base camp was at Commonwealth Bay and recorded some of the highest wind velocities in Antarctica. This book is the story of one of the sledging trips. He was the only survivor of the Eastern survey party of Mawson, Ninis and Mertz, and his struggle is a harrowing tale of survival. (Inventory #: 11246)