The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914

The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914
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Download or read book The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 written by Douglas Mawson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-01-08 with total page 697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mawson turned down an invitation to join Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition in 1910; Australian geologist Griffith Taylor went instead. Dawson chose to lead his own expedition, the Australian Antarctic Expedition, to King George V Land and Adelie Land, the sector of the Antarctic continent immediately south of Australia, which at the time was almost entirely unexplored. The objectives were to carry out geographical exploration and scientific studies, including visiting the South Magnetic Pole.


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