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'Douglas Mawson is the best known of Australia's Antarctic explorers. After an apprenticeship on an expedition with Ernest Shackleton, which saw Mawson lead a small team to the South Magnetic Pole for the first time, his own expedition of 1911-14 captured the imagination of Australians, at a time when knowledge of Antarctica was scant and the frozen continent still largely unexplored.

Lincoln Hall offers a fresh interpretation not only of Mawson's exploits but also of his motivations, his character and his knack for survival. But this is much more than a book about Antarctic exploration. Hall draws on his own experiences in his attempt to understand what made it possible for Mawson to achieve what he did in climatic conditions which to the uninitiated seem suicidal.' (Publisher's blurb)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: New Holland , 2011 .
      Alternative title: Douglas Mawson : The Life of an Explorer : A Pictorial Biography
      Extent: 224p.
      Edition info: Anniversary edition
      ISBN: 9781742571232

Works about this Work

Brought in from the Cold Ross Fitzgerald , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 July 2011; (p. 34)

— Review of In Bed with Douglas Mawson : Travels Round Antarctica Craig Cormick , 2011 single work prose ; Douglas Mawson : The Life of An Explorer Lincoln Hall , 2000 single work biography
Tales of Mawson Poles Apart Simon Webster , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 19 June 2011; (p. 6)

— Review of Douglas Mawson : The Life of An Explorer Lincoln Hall , 2000 single work biography ; In Bed with Douglas Mawson : Travels Round Antarctica Craig Cormick , 2011 single work prose
Tales of Mawson Poles Apart Simon Webster , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 19 June 2011; (p. 6)

— Review of Douglas Mawson : The Life of An Explorer Lincoln Hall , 2000 single work biography ; In Bed with Douglas Mawson : Travels Round Antarctica Craig Cormick , 2011 single work prose
Brought in from the Cold Ross Fitzgerald , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 July 2011; (p. 34)

— Review of In Bed with Douglas Mawson : Travels Round Antarctica Craig Cormick , 2011 single work prose ; Douglas Mawson : The Life of An Explorer Lincoln Hall , 2000 single work biography
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