Racing With Death
Douglas Mawson - Antarctic Explorer
(Sprache: Englisch)
In Racing with Death, Beau Riffenburgh redisovers the almost forgotten story of Mawson - with Shackleton and Scott, one of the three 'greats' of Antarctic exploration. It is a breathtaking story of raw courage and escape from the very jaws of death.
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In Racing with Death, Beau Riffenburgh redisovers the almost forgotten story of Mawson - with Shackleton and Scott, one of the three 'greats' of Antarctic exploration. It is a breathtaking story of raw courage and escape from the very jaws of death.
In Racing with Death, Beau Riffenburgh redisovers the almost forgotten story of Mawson - with Shackleton and Scott, one of the three 'greats' of Antarctic exploration. It is a breathtaking story of raw courage and escape from the very jaws of death.
In Racing with Death, Beau Riffenburgh redisovers the almost forgotten story of Mawson - with Shackleton and Scott, one of the three 'greats' of Antarctic exploration. It is a breathtaking story of raw courage and escape from the very jaws of death.
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The early twentieth century was the 'heroic age' of Antarctic exploration - a time when adventurers such as Scott and Shackleton were national icons who personified the contemporary ideal of manly struggle for the good of Empire.But, while these two are world famous to this day, Australian Douglas Mawson, whose Australasian Antarctic Expedition, undertaken in 1911 after Mawson had been a key member of Shackleton's Nimrod expedition, Dr Edmund Hillary described as 'the greatest survival story in the history of exploration', is not.
He should be, however. Mawson's expedition, undertaken on a small whaling ship called Aurora, combines several exceptionally exciting elements. Once in the Antarctic, the expedition split up into smaller parties exploring different areas. The two other members of Mawson's party died and Mawson was left to struggle hundreds of miles back to base on his own. Despite incredible odds, he made it, only to find that the rescue ship had sailed away, leavinghim to face a year on his own in the Antarctic.
Scientifically and geographically speaking, Mawson's expedition was truly groundbreaking and established Australia as a key player in the Antarctic.
Mawson, who had complex relationships with both Scott and Shackleton, was changed utterly by his struggles in the Antarctic and his story is a fascinating insight into the human psyche under extreme stress.
Racing with Death is an unforgettable story of true heroism.
Autoren-Porträt von Beau Riffenburgh
Riffenburgh, BeauBeau Riffenburgh is an historian specialising in exploration, particularly that of the Antarctic, Arctic, and Africa. Born in California, he earned his doctorate at Cambridge University, following which he joined the staff at the Scott Polar Research Institute, where he served for 14 years as the editor of Polar Record. He is the author of the highly regarded Nimrod: Ernest Shackleton and the Extraordinary Story of the 1907-09 British Antarctic Expedition and The Myth of the Explorer. He also served as Editor of the Encyclopedia of the Antarctic.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Beau Riffenburgh
- 2008, 320 Seiten, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Trade
- ISBN-10: 0747596042
- ISBN-13: 9780747596042
Sprache:
Englisch
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