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THE GREATEST POLAR SURVIVAL STORY EVER WRITTEN B Y L E N N A R D B I C K E L FORWARD BY SIR EDMUND HILLARY Copyright © 2000 Lennard Bickel ALL RIGHTS RESERVED For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to: Steerforth Press L.L.C. 25 Lebanon Street Hanover, New Hampshire 03755 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bickel, Lennard. Mawson's will: the greatest polar survival story ever written / Lennard Bickel; foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary. — 1st ed. p. cm. Originally published: New York : Stein and Day, 1977. ISBN 1-58642-000-3 (alk. paper) 1. Mawson, Douglas, Sir, 1882–1958 — Journeys. 2. Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–1914) [1. Antarctica — Discovery and exploration — Australian.] I. Title. G875.M33 B53 2000 919.89 — DC21 99-059210 Manufactured in the United States of America ISBN-13: 978-1-58642-000-0 FIFTH PRINTING To Frances Craighead, who opened a door Contents Foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary Prelude The Two Tents The Cruel Continent The Assault The Rejected Invitation 1 Driven Westward 2 The Kingdom of Blizzards 3 The Winter of Intent 4 Outward Bound 5 Discovery and Death 6 In Peril on the Ice 7 Diet of Dog

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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, h

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THE GREATEST POLAR SURVIVAL STORY EVER WRITTEN B Y L E N N A R D B I C K E L FORWARD BY SIR EDMUND HILLARY Copyright © 2000 Lennard Bickel ALL RIGHTS RESERVED For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to: Steerforth Press L.L.C. 25 Lebanon Street Hanover, New Hampshire 03755 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bickel, Lennard. Mawson's will: the greatest polar survival story ever written / Lennard Bickel; foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary. — 1st ed. p. cm. Originally published: New York : Stein and Day, 1977. ISBN 1-58642-000-3 (alk. paper) 1. Mawson, Douglas, Sir, 1882–1958 — Journeys. 2. Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–1914) [1. Antarctica — Discovery and exploration — Australian.] I. Title. G875.M33 B53 2000 919.89 — DC21 99-059210 Manufactured in the United States of America ISBN-13: 978-1-58642-000-0 FIFTH PRINTING To Frances Craighead, who opened a door Contents Foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary Prelude The Two Tents The Cruel Continent The Assault The Rejected Invitation 1 Driven Westward 2 The Kingdom of Blizzards 3 The Winter of Intent 4 Outward Bound 5 Discovery and Death 6 In Peril on the Ice 7 Diet of Dog

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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, h

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