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Title:Mawson's Will: The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written
Author:Lennard Bickel
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:Anniversary Edition
Pages:Pages: 272 pages
Published:February 4th 2000 by Steerforth (first published 1977)
Categories:Nonfiction. Adventure. History. Survival. Biography. Travel
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Mawson's Will is the dramatic story of what Sir Edmund Hillary calls "the most outstanding solo journey ever recorded in Antarctic history." For weeks in Antarctica, Douglas Mawson faced some of the most daunting conditions ever known to man: blistering wind, snow, and cold; loss of his companion, his dogs and supplies, the skin on his hands and the soles of his feet; thirst, starvation, disease, snowblindness - and he survived. Sir Douglas Mawson is remembered as the young Australian who would not go to the South Pole with Robert Scott in 1911, choosing instead to lead his own expedition on the less glamorous mission of charting nearly 1,500 miles of Antarctic coastline and claiming its resources for the British Crown. His party of three set out through the mountains across glaciers in 60-mile-per-hour winds. Six weeks and 320 miles out, one man fell into a crevasse, along with the tent, most of the equipment, all of the dogs' food, and all except a week's supply of the men's provisions. Mawson's Will is the unforgettable story of one man's ingenious practicality and unbreakable spirit and how he continued his meticulous scientific observations even in the face of death. When the expedition was over, Mawson had added more territory to the Antarctic map than anyone else of his time. Thanks to Bickel's moving account, Mawson can be remembered for the vision and dedication that make him one of the world's great explorers.

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Original Title: Mawson's Will: The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written
ISBN: 1586420003 (ISBN13: 9781586420000)
Edition Language: English


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This is a gut-wrenching book. Unless you're prepared to read about shooting your friends and eating them, stay away. If you are a foodie, stay away. Things get so bad that things like clothes become considered food. If you like reading about how a guy lives on dead dogs for weeks while pulling a sled alone through horrendous weather as pieces of his body literally fall off -this is the book for you.

This book has a lot if sentimental value to me. I remember my mom reading this book to me when I was a child living in Alaska and showing me the mechanics of ice bridges by laying a graham cracker across two books. It kindled my spirit of adventure and discovery!

Just an incredible tale of perseverance for all 3 of the men. Mawson's own tale of his survival is beyond belief.

WOW i am soft

Incredible story of solo survival under unimaginable conditions. Could have used more detailed maps and perhaps an expansion on the last chapter (I understand these are better provided by other books written of the same expedition). Also not a fan of 'imagined dialogue' in non-fiction, but at least it's not used too often here. All of these are minor faults - the story is truly terrifying and suspenseful throughout. I loved Bickel's writing style - coming up with as many different ways as he did

The "Greatest" in the subtitle seems to be no exaggeration. I give a summary in the spoiler section of what Mawson survived, in case you think I'm kidding. But I think it's best you skip it, and just get the book.It is an amazing story, and it is one of the best in the genre. I am more or less OK with the fact that the author has detailed what Mawson "thought" and "saw", as Mawson kept fairly meticulous records (except towards the end, in a state of extreme exhaustion), and carefully measured

Amazing survival storyI felt it was somewhat overly detailed in some chapters. It was an amazing story of survival in the worst imaginable conditions.