Author: MAWSON, Douglas.
Title: The home of the blizzard, being the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914.
Description: London, William Heinemann, (1915). 2 volumes. Original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spines and front cover, with illustration in silver on front covers. With 2 frontispieces, 3 large folding maps in rear pocket, 18 coloured plates, 37 illustrations and 202 photographic plates by Frank Hurley. XXX,349; XIII,338 pp. First English edition. - First-hand account of the first Australian Antarctic expedition 1911-14. Mawson (1882-1958) recruited expedition members from Australian and New Zealand Universities and had 15 professional scientists among his staff. His expedition did great work, both in geographical exploration and scientific research. A seperate party, under George F. Ainsworth, spent 23 months on Macquarie Island, and made the first detailed scientific investigations there. The first radio contact with Antarctica was made 25 September 1912. The expedition took the first aeroplane to Antarctica which crashed in Australia on the outward voyage and was used without wings as an 'air tractor' sledge. Sir Douglas Mawson was one of the foremost expedition leaders in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration at the dawn of the 20th century. This account so profusely illustrated by the magnificent photographs of Frank Hurley is a classic of Polar literature. - A fine copy. Spence 7743; Headland 1456; Conrad p.208; Howgego III, p.349-352.
Keywords: Antarctic Pole
Title: The home of the blizzard, being the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914.
Description: London, William Heinemann, (1915). 2 volumes. Original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spines and front cover, with illustration in silver on front covers. With 2 frontispieces, 3 large folding maps in rear pocket, 18 coloured plates, 37 illustrations and 202 photographic plates by Frank Hurley. XXX,349; XIII,338 pp. First English edition. - First-hand account of the first Australian Antarctic expedition 1911-14. Mawson (1882-1958) recruited expedition members from Australian and New Zealand Universities and had 15 professional scientists among his staff. His expedition did great work, both in geographical exploration and scientific research. A seperate party, under George F. Ainsworth, spent 23 months on Macquarie Island, and made the first detailed scientific investigations there. The first radio contact with Antarctica was made 25 September 1912. The expedition took the first aeroplane to Antarctica which crashed in Australia on the outward voyage and was used without wings as an 'air tractor' sledge. Sir Douglas Mawson was one of the foremost expedition leaders in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration at the dawn of the 20th century. This account so profusely illustrated by the magnificent photographs of Frank Hurley is a classic of Polar literature. - A fine copy. Spence 7743; Headland 1456; Conrad p.208; Howgego III, p.349-352.
Keywords: Antarctic Pole
Price: EUR 1650.00 = appr. US$ 1793.30 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 15258
- Book number: 15258