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Sir Douglas Mawson, Australia's greatest Antarctic explorer, made four trips to the Antarctic during his long and storied career. He traveled south in 1907 with Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition; in 1911 as leader of the Australasian Antarctic expedition; and twice between 1929 and 1931 as leader of the British, Australian, and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition. Gathered here are Mawson’s diaries from each of these four trips, volumes which provide an intimate perspective on the stress and conflicts inherent to each journey, their achievements and failures, joys and tragedies. Gripping and unrestrained, this is a revealing look at one of history’s most daring adventurers.
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Mawson Antarctic Diaries Fred Jacka Eleanor Jacka 9781741756098 Books Reviews
- Meh I've seen better
- maps and diagrams not so good but interesting get the inside story from mawson himself.
- A GREAT BOOK. What makes it so special is the honesty and generosity of Sir Douglas Mawson's dairy, the dairy of a true real-life hero. Normally in any Polar book or narrative, everybody enjoys everybody's company, all works hard, they all help each other. Not so in Mawson's story.
First, he tell us with surprising frankness about Edward Wilson "I don't like him". This is VERY unexpected because Uncle Bill Wilson was viewed by everybody who's been in contact with him as a charming man, a man with a good ear, a mediator, a man who has got along with everybody, and then, you have Mawson say this! Secondly, his picture of the time spent in the Cape Denison hut (AAE) is very interesting. He talks at lenght about some lazy or mentally unstable men he had to live with at close quarters like Leslie Whetter and Sydney Jeffries.
That's the kind of info and honesty you won't find anywhere else.
Finally, you may have heard about his solo return journey in Antarctica after Ninnis and Mertz tragic deaths (that alone is worth the book) but you will learn about how he cope and recovered from all the privations and cruel conditions he so heroically endured after he was rescued.
That's the kind of book you won't read only once.
