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Author Jarvis, Tim, 1966-

Title Mawson : life and death in Antarctica / Tim Jarvis
Published Carlton, Vic. : The Miegunyah Press, 2008

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 MELB  919.8904092 Mawson Jar/Mla  AVAILABLE
Description 239 pages : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Summary "This book recounts the Antarctic journey undertaken by Tim Jarvis and his colleague Evgeny 'John' Stoukalo. Jarvis set out to renact the journey of survival travelled by Douglas Mawson and Xavier Mertz on the Far Eastern Sledging Party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1912, after they had lost the third member of their party, Belgrave Ninnis, in a crevasse fall."--Provided by publisher
Subject Mawson, Douglas, 1882-1958.
Jarvis, Tim -- Travel -- Antarctica.
SUBJECT Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50073914
Subject Historical reenactments.
SUBJECT Antarctic Regions -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114196
Antarctic Regions -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85005493 -- Australian
ISBN 9780522854862 paperback