This Accursed LandAccount of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition led by Sir Douglas Mawson. Published in the U.S. under the title "Mawson's Will." |
Contents
Foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary K B E ix | 1 |
Driven Westward | 27 |
The Kingdom of Blizzards | 40 |
Copyright | |
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