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    Title
    Home of the Blizzard
    Subtitle
    A True Story of Antarctic Survival
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Sir Douglas Mawson, Foreword by Sir Ranulph Fiennes
    Physical properties
    Format: Paperback
    Number of pages: 480
    Width: 129 mm
    Height: 198 mm
    Thickness: 196 mm
    Weight: 463 g
    Audience
    College/higher education
    General/trade
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9781841580777
    ISBN 10: 1841580775
    Classifications
    BICMainSubject: BG
    BISAC category code: HIS000000
    BIC subject category: RGR
    BIC geographical qualifier: 1MTS
    Dewey: 919.8904
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: T8.5
    BICMainSubject: WTL
    BISAC category code: TRV020000
    BISAC category code: BIO026000
    BISAC category code: BIO023000
    LC classification: CT
    Edition
    3, Revised
    Edition statement
    3rd Revised edition
    Illustrations note
    48pp b&w illustrations
    Publisher
    Birlinn General
    Imprint name
    BIRLINN LTD
    Publication date
    03 October 2000
    Publication City/Country
    Edinburgh/GB
    Review quote
    'one of the greatest accounts of polar survival in history' - Sir Ranulph Fiennes
    Biographical note
    Sir Douglas Mawson, geologist and explorer, was born on 5 May 1882 at Shipley, Yorkshire, second son of Robert Ellis Mawson, before the family moved to Rooty Hill, near Sydney, in 1884. He went on to become one of Australia's greatest explorers, noted primarily for his extensive work in Antarctica. His exploration of the continent spanned the years between 1907 and 1931. He died in 1958.
    Main description
    The Home of the Blizzard is a tale of discovery and adventure, of pioneering deeds, great courage, heart-stopping rescues and heroic endurance. This is Mawson's own account of his years spent in sub-zero temperatures and gale-force winds. At its heart is his epic sledge journey of 1912-13, during which both his companions perished. Told in a laconic but gripping style, this is the classic account of the struggle for survival of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition – a journey which mapped more of Antarctica than any expedition before or since. The photographs included in this book were taken on the expedition by Frank Hurley, later to achieve fame on Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance expedition.