You have to be lucky: Antarctic and other adventuresA collection of 22 stories spanning the period between 1947 and 1966 during which the author was involved in adventures as diverse as the first scuba dive in Antarctic waters, the first Australia-Antarctic flight and the founding of Davis Station - now Australia's largest Antarctic base. These tales are about unmapped lands and seas to the extreme south of Australia, as well as less glamorous locations such as the Bogon High plains and Mount Kosciusko. There are chapters about a hurricane in Prydz Bay, scuba diving in the Antarctic, sledging to Lichen Island, establishing Davis Station, and exploring Oates Land. Whilst avoiding serious injury on many occasions the author is reluctant to place too much emphasis on his good luck. Includes a centre section of black & white photographs, a glossary of ice terms, and an index. |
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About 2 1 00 hours that night, in darkness, we rounded a bend and saw a
campfire on a small flat. There we found a young hawker, about 1 8, with a horse
and gig, who had camped for the night. In those depression days work was hard
to get ...
About 2 1 00 hours that night, in darkness, we rounded a bend and saw a
campfire on a small flat. There we found a young hawker, about 1 8, with a horse
and gig, who had camped for the night. In those depression days work was hard
to get ...
Page 39
That night, defeated and exhausted, we retired to our hut for dinner and bed. Next
day we tried again and had the good luck to meet several cattlemen with
packhorses on the track beside the river. They pointed out roughly where
Hannels ...
That night, defeated and exhausted, we retired to our hut for dinner and bed. Next
day we tried again and had the good luck to meet several cattlemen with
packhorses on the track beside the river. They pointed out roughly where
Hannels ...
Page 166
The wind was rising and we were obviously in for a dirty night. We were in a
difficult position. The light rocket line connecting the beach to the surf end of the
floating grass line had become entangled in kelp and submerged, and no matter
how ...
The wind was rising and we were obviously in for a dirty night. We were in a
difficult position. The light rocket line connecting the beach to the surf end of the
floating grass line had become entangled in kelp and submerged, and no matter
how ...
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 6 |
Beyond Kerguelen Henry Lawson | 7 |
Introduction | 8 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
ahead aircraft Amery Ice Shelf ANARE anchor Antarctic Antarctica ashore astern astrofix Australian beach Bechervaise beneath bergs bergy bits Bolingen Islands boulders bows bridge cabin captain climbed coast crack crew Davis decided deck drift DUKW edge engine fast ice February flight floating foredeck gear Geehi glacier tongue Hannels Spur haul heavy helicopter ice cliffs ice floes Ice Shelf iceberg tongue icebergs kilometres Kista knots landing Larsemann Hills launch Leckie ledge Lichen Island looked luck Macquarie Island Mawson Mawson Station Melbourne metres motor boat Mount Mount Henderson mountain moved night open water pack ice photographs plateau pontoon port Prydz Bay push radio reached returned river rock rolled rope sailed Sandefjord Bay sea ice ship ship's shore side skis sledge slope snow speed starboard station surf surface swell tanks took track unloading Vestfold Hills Vincennes Bay voyage walk waves Weasel weather wind
Bibliographic information
| Title | You have to be lucky: Antarctic and other adventures |
| Author | Phillip Garth Law |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Kangaroo Press, 1995 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | May 9, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0864177437, 9780864177438 |
| Length | 200 pages |
| Subjects | › Antarctica Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs Science / General Travel / General Travel / Polar Regions |
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