Mawson's huts : the birthplace of Australia's Antarctic heritage
2008
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" During the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-14, led by the young Australian geologist Dr Douglas Mawson, the team of 31 expeditioners established 3 bases. The main one was built at Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, where in January and February 1912 they built the wooden hut. The Mawson's Huts historic sites consist of the main hut, magnetograph house, the transit hut, the ruined absolute magnetic hut & a memorial cross to Ninnis & Mertz, along with a plaque recording the territorial claim Mawson made on his return for one night in 1931."--Book jacket.
Main title:
Mawson's huts : the birthplace of Australia's Antarctic heritage / Mawson's Huts Foundation.
Edition:
Collector's edition
Imprint:
Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin for the Mawson's Huts Foundation, 2008.
Collation:
192 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, maps, ports ; 31 cm.
Notes:
Mawson was born at Bradford, Yorkshire, his family immigrated to Rooty Hill, N.S.W., Australia in 1884 where he was brought up. He was educated at Fort Street High School and the University of Sydney, where he gained degrees in mining engineering and science. After working as a junior demonstrator in chemistry, he was appointed geologist to an expedition to the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) in 1903. In 1907, Mawson joined the British Antarctic Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton as an expedition geologist. With his mentor and fellow geologist, Edgeworth David, he was on the first ascent of Mount Erebus. Later, he was a member of the first team to reach the South Magnetic Pole, assuming the leadership of the party from David on their perilous return. Mawson turned down an invitation to join Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition in 1910; Australian geologist Griffith Taylor went instead. Mawson chose to lead his own expedition, the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, to King George V Land and Adelie Land, the sector of the Antarctic continent immediately south of Australia, which at the time was almost entirely unexplored. The objectives were to carry out geographical exploration and scientific studies, including visiting the South Magnetic Pole. On his return, he married Paquita Delprat and was knighted. Upon his retirement from teaching in 1952 he was made Emeritus Professor. He died on 14 October 1958 at the age of 76.Numbered Collector's edition of 420 published.Includes bibliographical references. (p. 191)
Contents:
Australia's Antarctic heritage - Journey to the home of the blizzard - The story of the 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic expedition - The photographs of the 1911-14 Australasian expedition - The huts today - Frank Hurley (1865-1962) - The men of the AAE
ISBN:
9781741754360 (hardback)
Dewey class:
998.9
Local class:
998.9
Language:
English
Subject:
Mawson, Douglas Sir, 1882-1958Mawson, Douglas, Sir, 1882-1958 -- Travel -- AntarcticaMawson, Douglas, Sir, 1882-1958 -- Travel -- Antarctic regionsAustralasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914)Explorers -- AntarcticaExplorers -- AustraliaHuts -- Antarctica -- Denison, Cape -- Conservation and restorationHistoric sites -- Antarctic regionsHistoric sites -- Antarctica -- Denison, Cape -- Conservation and restorationExplorers -- Australia -- BiographyDenison, Cape (Antarctica)Cape Denison Historic Site (Antarctica) -- Conservation and restorationMawson's Huts Historic Site (Antarctica)Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- Australian
BRN:
21998
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