Blizzards And Broken Grousers
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Blizzards and Broken Grousers
Depicting the pioneering spirit of geophysics, this memoir recounts Antarctic field operations in 1970–71 acquiring ice thickness data with radar, gravity, and magnetometer measurements. The data collected now underpin models of ice behavior used to assess climate change.
The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914
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.
The Home of the Blizzard
Condensed version of a work first published in two volumes in London in 1915 and later as an abridged popular edition in 1930. Written by one of Australia's foremost explorers of the Antarctic region. Contains a detailed account of the Australasian Antarctic expedition's daily subsistence, its scientific endeavours and the epic sledge journey in 1912Q13 during which Mawson's companions ,Ninnis and Mertz, both perished. Illustrated with over 90 original photographs depicting the wildlife, the harsh living conditions and the spirit of the explorers. Includes two appendixes and an index. Mawson is best remembered for his pioneering feats in the Antarctic region and was knighted for his achievements in 1914.