Booktopia - Mawson : Life and Death in Antarctica, Tim Jarvis, 9780522854862

Mawson : Life and Death in Antarctica

By: Tim Jarvis

Retail Price:	$39.95
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ISBN: 9780522854862

Format: Paperback
Published: April 2008

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Booktopia Comments: A simply stunning book packed with incredible photos of the harshest continent on the planet. An awesome account of a journey through Antarctica. The perfect gift for anyone who loves adventure travel or who has a fascination with Antarctica. Highly recommended.

An extraordinary account of explorer Tim Jarvis' attempt to retrace Sir Douglas Mawson's infamous polar journey of 1912-13. Battling extreme isolation, and close to starvation, Jarvis aims to complete the journey across the south pole in the 47 days that it took Mawson.

He does it using exactly the same equipment, clothing and food rations available one hundred years ago. Racing against terrifying blizzards and headwinds, Jarvis struggles to overcome equipment failure, physical deprivation and his own self-doubt. This book is the story of an incredible journey and the limits of human endurance to undertake it.

"Jarvis is not a Brit with a stiff upper lip but an Aussie with a frozen one who moaned in a good-humoured way about his sleigh, his moody companion and terrible food!" The Times.

Loaded with high quality colour photographs of the journey.

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