Description: The Home of the Blizzard: Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-14 Sir Douglas Mawson 1930 Hodder and Stoughton : London 9" by 6" xxx, [2], 438pp. The second abridged popular edition of Mawson's survey of the 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition, a bright copy. Early Edition,Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding The second printing of the abridged popular edition. Illustrated with ninety-two photographs, eighteen diagrams, and three folding maps. Collated, complete. Detailed account of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-14, which explored largely uncharted areas of the Antarctic coast due south of Australia. Scientifically, the expedition resulted in important reports in meteorological measurements, magnetic observation, and oceanographic programs - as well as a collection of biological and geological samples (that included the first meteorite found in Antarctica). Despite its success in many fields, it was also marked by the death of two members during an attempt to reach Oates Land. Their deaths forced Mawson to travel alone for over a month to return to the expedition's main base. Led by Sir Douglas Mawson, Australian geologist and explorer, he is known as one of the key expedition leaders during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. CONDITION In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Front board has a small semicircular mark, probably from a damp glass. Rear board has a brown smudge of some sort. Ex-library with label in rear; also a bookplate in front from a previous private owner. Front free endpaper missing. Pages bright and clean, no foxing or water marks. Overall Condition: Very Good.
Price: 125 USD
Location: Bronxville, New York
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: London
Signed: No
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Subject: Exploration and Adventure
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1930
California Prop 65 Warning: n/a
Unit Type: Unit
Language: English
Illustrator: Frank Hurley photographs
Special Attributes: Ex-Library, Illustrated
Fiction Subject: None
Author: Sir Douglas Mawson
Original/Reproduction: Original
Region: Antarctica
Personalized: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: London
Topic: Polar Exploration
Unit Quantity: 1
Character Family: polar explorers
