Racing With Death: Douglas Mawson, Antarctic Explorer by Beau Riffenburgh

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Interior and binding are still excellent.

Beau Riffenburgh tells the story of Douglas Mawson and his death-defying expedition of 1911-14.

A key member of Ernest Shackleton's famous 1907-09 Nimrod Expedition, Mawson led his own Australasian Antarctic Expedition in 1911. However, following the tragic deaths of the other members of his sledging party, he was left to struggle the hundreds of miles back to base alone, only to find that the relief ship had sailed away, leaving him to face another year in Antarctica.

Having survived with a small band of men against incredible odds, he later led a groundbreaking two-year expedition that explored hundreds of miles of unknown coastline. Mawson's is a story of true heroism and a fascinating insight into the human psyche under extreme duress.