The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914

THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARD: - BEING THE STORY OF THE AUSTRALASIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1911-1914; By Sir Douglas Mawson, D.Sc., B.E. ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE ALSO WITH MAPS WITH 260 FULL-PAGE AND SMALLER ILLUSTRATIONS BY DR. E. A. WILSON AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE EXPEDITION, PHOTOGRAVURE FRONTISPIECES, 12 PLATES IN FACSIMILE FROM DR. WILSON'S SKETCHES, PANORAMAS AND MAPS TO THOSE WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE: THE SUBSCRIBERS AND CO-OPERATORS TO THOSE WHO MADE IT A SUCCESS: MY COMRADES AND TO THOSE WHO WAITED

TABLE OF CONTENTS

AUTHOR'S PREFACE

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

COLOUR PLATES - Virgin solitudes

CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND PREPARATIONS

CHAPTER II THE LAST DAYS AT HOBART AND THE VOYAGE TO MACQUARIE ISLAND

CHAPTER III FROM MACQUARIE ISLAND TO ADELIE LAND