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The Home of the Blizzard eBook

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Douglas Mawson

Table of Contents
Section Page

Start of eBook1
COLOUR PLATES1
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TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS8
FOLDING MAPS9
CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND PREPARATIONS9
CHAPTER II THE LAST DAYS AT HOBART AND THE VOYAGE TO MACQUARIE ISLAND19
CHAPTER III FROM MACQUARIE ISLAND TO ADELIE LAND37
CHAPTER IV NEW LANDS53
CHAPTER V FIRST DAYS IN ADELIE LAND59
CHAPTER VI AUTUMN PROSPECTS68
CHAPTER VII THE BLIZZARD75
CHAPTER VIII DOMESTIC LIFE90
CHAPTER IX MIDWINTER AND ITS WORK;99
WEIGHT OF CERTAIN ANTARCTIC BIRDS IN RELATION TO WING AREAS107
Menu du Diner115
MIDWINTER’S DAY MENU AT THE MAIN BASE, ADELIE LAND, 1912115
CHAPTER X THE PREPARATION OF SLEDGING EQUIPMENT115
CHAPTER XI SPRING EXPLOITS125
THE WASHERWOMAN’S SECRET137
DRAMATIS PERSONAE137
ACT I137
ACT II137
ACT III137
ACT IV138
ACT V138
CHAPTER XII ACROSS KING GEORGE V LAND139
TOTAL LOAD142
CHAPTER XIII TOIL AND TRIBULATION158
CHAPTER XIV THE QUEST OF THE SOUTH MAGNETIC POLE178
CHAPTER XV EASTWARD OVER THE SEA-ICE200
CHAPTER XVI HORN BLUFF AND PENGUIN POINT216
CHAPTER XVII WITH STILLWELL’S AND BICKERTON’S PARTIES226
CHAPTER XVIII THE SHIP’S STORY236
CHAPTER XIX THE WESTERN BASE—­ESTABLISHMENT AND EARLY ADVENTURES255
CHAPTER XX THE WESTERN BASE—­WINTER AND SPRING264
CHAPTER XXI THE WESTERN BASE—­BLOCKED ON THE SHELF-ICE279
CHAPTER XXII THE WESTERN BASE—­LINKING UP WITH KAISER WILHELM II LAND291
CHAPTER XXIII A SECOND WINTER305
CHAPTER XXIV NEARING THE END319
CHAPTER XXV LIFE ON MACQUARIE ISLAND328
CHAPTER XXVI A LAND OF STORM AND MIST345
CHAPTER XXVII THROUGH ANOTHER YEAR372
CHAPTER XXVIII THE HOMEWARD CRUISE383
APPENDIX I396
Macquarie Island Party397
Main Base Party397
Western Base Party397
Terrestrial Magnetism403
Biology404
Geology404
Glaciology405
Meteorology405
Tides405
Wireless and Auroral Observations405
Geographical Results405
Oceanography406
APPENDIX Ill406
APPENDIX IV410
APPENDIX V412
Western Base (Queen Mary Land)412
Main Base (Adelie Land)413
GRANTS AND DONATIONS414
Equipment416
TABLE OF FOOD-SUPPLIES FOR A TWELVE-MAN BASE419
Scientific Equipment421
(Three Pages)436
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