The Home of the Blizzard

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The Home of the Blizzard by Sir Douglas Mawson.

Contents

• THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARD:5
• TABLE OF CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS8
• AUTHOR'S PREFACE9
• FOREWORD11
• INTRODUCTION14
• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS22
• Sir Douglas Mawson (Photogravure)22
• COLOUR PLATES23
• Virgin solitudes23
• CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND PREPARATIONS38
• CHAPTER II THE LAST DAYS AT HOBART AND THE VOYAGE TO MACQUARIE ISLAND50
• CHAPTER III FROM MACQUARIE ISLAND TO ADELIE LAND72
• CHAPTER IV NEW LANDS92
• CHAPTER V FIRST DAYS IN ADELIE LAND101
• CHAPTER VI AUTUMN PROSPECTS112
• CHAPTER VII THE BLIZZARD122
• CHAPTER VIII DOMESTIC LIFE141
• CHAPTER IX MIDWINTER AND ITS WORK;152
• CHAPTER X THE PREPARATION OF SLEDGING EQUIPMENT172
• Section through a Nansen Sledging Cooker mounted on the primus178
• CHAPTER XI SPRING EXPLOITS185
• CHAPTER XII ACROSS KING GEORGE V LAND203
• CHAPTER XIII TOIL AND TRIBULATION227
• CHAPTER XIV THE QUEST OF THE SOUTH MAGNETIC POLE252
• Dr. R. BAGE252
• CHAPTER XV EASTWARD OVER THE SEA-ICE279
• CHAPTER XVI HORN BLUFF AND PENGUIN POINT299
• CHAPTER XVII WITH STILLWELL'S AND BICKERTON'S PARTIES312
• CHAPTER XVIII THE SHIP'S STORY326
• CHAPTER XIX THE WESTERN BASE—ESTABLISHMENT AND EARLY ADVENTURES350
• CHAPTER XX THE WESTERN BASE—WINTER AND SPRING362
• CHAPTER XXI THE WESTERN BASE—BLOCKED ON THE SHELF-ICE382
• CHAPTER XXII THE WESTERN BASE—LINKING UP WITH KAISER WILHELM II LAND397
• CHAPTER XXIII A SECOND WINTER416
• CHAPTER XXIV NEARING THE END432
• CHAPTER XXV LIFE ON MACQUARIE ISLAND444
• CHAPTER XXVI A LAND OF STORM AND MIST466
• CHAPTER XXVII THROUGH ANOTHER YEAR500
• CHAPTER XXVIII THE HOMEWARD CRUISE514
• APPENDIX I531
• ILLUSTRATIONS575
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE608

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