LEADER 02305nam 2200409 450 001 9910796823803321 005 20230807194046.0 010 $a1-925266-49-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000004821874 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5401328 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000004821874 100 $a20180615d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMawson's remarkable men $ethe personal stories of the epic 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition /$fDavid Jensen 210 1$aSydney :$cAllen and Unwin,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (183 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a1-76011-333-6 330 $aIn 1911, the Australian Antarctic Expedition under Douglas Mawson left Hobart on the Aurora, headed for Antarctica. Much is known about Mawson and tales of his exploits are often retold. But Mawson did not go alone. What of the men who set off with him and without whom he could have achieved little? Who were they? Where did they come from? The 32 land-based members of the AAE of 1911-14 selected to explore part of the Antarctic continent where no person had set foot before, had an average age of just 26. They included three doctors, two soldiers, engineers, sailors, a Rhodes Scholar, a meteorologist, wireless operators, a photographer, a former 'female' spy, a lawyer-cum -mountaineer, an architectural draftsman and scientists. Just three had previously experienced the cold, loneliness, potential danger and isolation that only Antarctica offers. The remaining 29 could safely be described as enthusiastic novices; some had probably never before seen snow. Two of them were not to return, but all will remain part of the Antarctic's 'heroic era' of exploration. 606 $aExplorers$zAntarctica$vDiaries 606 $aExplorers$zAustralia 607 $aAntarctica$xDiscovery and exploration 607 $aAntarctica$xDiscovery and exploration$xAustralian 615 0$aExplorers 615 0$aExplorers 676 $a998.90922 700 $aJensen$b David C.$01539219 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796823803321 996 $aMawson's remarkable men$93789937 997 $aUNINA