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Alone on the Ice
The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration
Taschenbuch von David Roberts
Sprache: Englisch

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On January 17, 1913, alone and near starvation, Douglas Mawson, leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, was hauling a sledge to get back to base camp. The dogs were gone. Now Mawson himself plunged through a snow bridge, dangling over an abyss by the sledge harness. A line of poetry gave him the will to haul himself back to the surface.

Mawson was sometimes reduced to crawling, and one night he discovered that the soles of his feet had completely detached from the flesh beneath. On February 8, when he staggered back to base, his features unrecognizably skeletal, the first teammate to reach him blurted out, "Which one are you?"

This thrilling and almost unbelievable account establishes Mawson in his rightful place as one of the greatest polar explorers and expedition leaders. It is illustrated by a trove of Frank Hurley's famous Antarctic photographs, many never before published in the United States.

On January 17, 1913, alone and near starvation, Douglas Mawson, leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, was hauling a sledge to get back to base camp. The dogs were gone. Now Mawson himself plunged through a snow bridge, dangling over an abyss by the sledge harness. A line of poetry gave him the will to haul himself back to the surface.

Mawson was sometimes reduced to crawling, and one night he discovered that the soles of his feet had completely detached from the flesh beneath. On February 8, when he staggered back to base, his features unrecognizably skeletal, the first teammate to reach him blurted out, "Which one are you?"

This thrilling and almost unbelievable account establishes Mawson in his rightful place as one of the greatest polar explorers and expedition leaders. It is illustrated by a trove of Frank Hurley's famous Antarctic photographs, many never before published in the United States.

Über den Autor
David Roberts (1943-2021) was the author of thirty books on mountaineering, exploration, and anthropology. His books have won the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature and the Grand Prize at the Banff Mountain Book Competition.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Genre: Importe
Produktart: Reiseberichte
Region: Welt gesamt, Pole
Rubrik: Reisen
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780393347784
ISBN-10: 0393347788
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Roberts, David
Hersteller: W. W. Norton & Company
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 208 x 139 x 35 mm
Von/Mit: David Roberts
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.03.2014
Gewicht: 0,334 kg
Artikel-ID: 121004521
Über den Autor
David Roberts (1943-2021) was the author of thirty books on mountaineering, exploration, and anthropology. His books have won the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature and the Grand Prize at the Banff Mountain Book Competition.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Genre: Importe
Produktart: Reiseberichte
Region: Welt gesamt, Pole
Rubrik: Reisen
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780393347784
ISBN-10: 0393347788
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Roberts, David
Hersteller: W. W. Norton & Company
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 208 x 139 x 35 mm
Von/Mit: David Roberts
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.03.2014
Gewicht: 0,334 kg
Artikel-ID: 121004521
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