Alone on the Ice The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration

Name: Alone on the Ice The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration
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ISBN: 9780393347784

ISBN-10: 0393347788

ISBN-13: 9780393347784

Edition: 2014

Authors: David Roberts

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On January 17, 1913, alone and near starvation, Douglas Mawson, leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, was hauling a sledge to get back to base camp. The dogs were gone. Now Mawson himself plunged through a snow bridge, dangling over an abyss by the sledge harness. A line of poetry gave him the will to haul himself back to the surface. Mawson was sometimes reduced to crawling, and one night he discovered that the soles of his feet had completely detached from the flesh beneath. On February 8, when he staggered back to base, his features unrecognizably skeletal, the first teammate to reach him blurted out, Which one are you? This thrilling and almost unbelievable account…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/3/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.40" wide x 8.18" long x 0.89" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English