Alone on the Ice – The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration - Couverture rigide

Roberts, David

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0393240169 ISBN 13 : 9780393240160

Editeur : W. W. Norton & Company, 2013

Synopsis

Book by Roberts David

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Selected as The Sunday Times Must Read
"Illustrated with a trove of Frank Hurley's celebrated photographs, this is truly heroic stuff." The Bookseller "It [Alone on the Ice will thrill fans of Scott and Shackleton." Patrick Neale, Bookseller's Choice, The Bookseller "It [Alone on the Ice will thrill fans of Scott and Shackleton." --Patrick Neale, Bookseller's Choice, The Bookseller

"There have been previous scholarly histories, and a couple of popular biographies, but perhaps no book that has captured the cold desperation so well." --The Sunday Times

"There have been previous scholarly histories, and a couple of popular biographies, but perhaps no book that has captured the cold desperation so well." --The Sunday Times

Simply as an extraordinary yarn of adventure the story is worth retelling. But more, Douglas Mawson's journey does what the heroic age did generally: it strips life to its essences, and allows us for a moment to see our collective reflection in the ice. --Times Literary Supplement

Présentation de l'éditeur :

On 17 January 1913, alone and near starvation, Douglas Mawson, leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, was hauling a sledge to get back to base camp. The dogs were gone. Then Mawson plunged through a snow bridge, dangling over an abyss by the sledge harness. A line of poetry gave him the will to haul himself back to the surface. Mawson was sometimes reduced to crawling and one night he discovered that the soles of his feet had detached from the flesh beneath. On 8 February, he staggered back to base, his features unrecognisably skeletal. Illustrated by a trove of Frank Hurley's Antarctic photographs, this thrilling, almost unbelievable account establishes Mawson in his rightful place as one of the greatest polar explorers and expedition leaders.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: W. W. Norton & Company
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0393240169
• ISBN 13: 9780393240160
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 368