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Author Hall, Lincoln, 1955-2012.

Title Douglas Mawson : the life of an explorer / Lincoln Hall ; research Barbara Scanlan
Edition Anniversary edition
Published French's Forest, N.S.W. : New Holland, 2000

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Description 224 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 28 cm
Contents 1. The young Mawson -- 2. The Shackleton School -- 3. Coming of age -- 4. South on Aurora -- 5. The windiest place in the world -- 6. Dux ipse -- 7. Cold comfort -- 8. Mawson of the Antarctic -- 9. For King and country -- 10. Man of science
Summary The life story of one of Australia's best-known Antarctic explorers
Notes First published : French's Forest, N.S.W. : New Holland, 2000
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 222) and index
Subject Mawson, Douglas, 1882-1958.
SUBJECT Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50073914
Subject Discoveries in geography -- Australasian
Explorers -- Australia -- Biography.
Geologists -- Australia -- South Australia -- Biography.
SUBJECT Antarctic Regions -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85005493 -- Australian
Genre/Form Biographies.
Author Scanlan, Barbara.
LC no. 2001334003
ISBN 1864366702