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Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Mawson : Life and Death in Antarctica
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'... [E]xplorer Tim Jarvis relives Sir Douglas Mawson's extraordinary polar survival journey of 1912-13. Battling against ferocious blizzards and headwinds, Jarvis struggles to overcome extreme isolation, physical deprivation and his own self-doubt. He embarks on his hellish journey using the same equipment, clothing and starvation rations as Mawson had available to him almost a century ago in an attempt to answer some of the questions and controversies surrounding Mawson's tragic expedition in which both of his companions died. This is the story of two journeys, undertaken a century apart, to the limits of human endurance.'

Source: Melbourne University Publishing website, www.mup.unimelb.edu.au (Sighted 23/04/08)

Notes

  • Based on a documentary broadcast on Channel Four in the United Kingdom in 2007 and on ABC TV in Australia in [2008].

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Miegunyah Press , 2008 .
      Extent: 239p.
      Description: col. illus., map,
      ISBN: 9780522854862 (pbk.)
      Series: y separately published work icon Miegunyah Press Series : Second Series Miegunyah Press (publisher), 1995- Z1014067 1995- series - publisher In 1995 The Miegunyah Press became a separate imprint of MUP, and its distinctive window logo appears on all books published in the second series. Titles in the second series include a colophon page at the end of the book that lists the book's editor and designer, the typeface used in the text, the paper on which it is printed, the name of the printer and the number of copies printed. (Adapted from the publisher's website: http://www.mup.unimelb.edu.au/Miegunyah.html) Number in series: 100

Works about this Work

Untitled Arthur Lucas , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , vol. 3 no. 8 2008;

— Review of Mawson : Life and Death in Antarctica Tim Jarvis , 2008 single work autobiography
Review Ian Nichols , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 14 June 2008; (p. 28)

— Review of Mawson : Life and Death in Antarctica Tim Jarvis , 2008 single work autobiography
Extreme Calling Rodney Chester , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 17 - 18 May 2008; (p. 5)

— Review of Mawson : Life and Death in Antarctica Tim Jarvis , 2008 single work autobiography
Books Phil Brown , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 21 - 27 May no. 686 2008; (p. 27)

— Review of Barbed Wire and Roses Peter Yeldham , 2007 single work novel ; Mawson : Life and Death in Antarctica Tim Jarvis , 2008 single work autobiography
[Review] Mawson : Life and Death in Antarctica Lucy Sussex , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 27 April 2008; (p. 26)

— Review of Mawson : Life and Death in Antarctica Tim Jarvis , 2008 single work autobiography
[Review] Mawson : Life and Death in Antarctica Lucy Sussex , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 27 April 2008; (p. 26)

— Review of Mawson : Life and Death in Antarctica Tim Jarvis , 2008 single work autobiography
Books Phil Brown , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 21 - 27 May no. 686 2008; (p. 27)

— Review of Barbed Wire and Roses Peter Yeldham , 2007 single work novel ; Mawson : Life and Death in Antarctica Tim Jarvis , 2008 single work autobiography
Extreme Calling Rodney Chester , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 17 - 18 May 2008; (p. 5)

— Review of Mawson : Life and Death in Antarctica Tim Jarvis , 2008 single work autobiography
Review Ian Nichols , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 14 June 2008; (p. 28)

— Review of Mawson : Life and Death in Antarctica Tim Jarvis , 2008 single work autobiography
Untitled Arthur Lucas , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , vol. 3 no. 8 2008;

— Review of Mawson : Life and Death in Antarctica Tim Jarvis , 2008 single work autobiography
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