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Mawson's Will

The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written

Lennard Bickel

Antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson faced unimaginable conditions while charting nearly 1,500 miles of coastline in the early 20th century. After losing his companion, dogs, and supplies, as well as experiencing starvation, disease, and snowblindness, Mawson's unbreakable spirit helped him survive weeks of blistering wind, snow, and cold. In "Mawson's Will," author Lennard Bickel recounts this dramatic solo journey of unparalleled resilience and scientific vision in the face of death.
Publish Date
2000-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
2000-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 1977
Goodreads Rating
4.25
ISBN
9781885283184
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Honorable mention to a few other books I really enjoyed this year: Winners Take All, by Anand Giridharadas; Automating Inequality, by Virginia Eubanks; Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero, by James Romm; In the Garden of Beasts, by Erik Larsen; AI Superpowers, by Kai-Fu Lee; Antarctica, by Kim Stanley Robinson, and its true-life counterpart, Mawson's Will, by Lennard Bickel.      source