y separately published work icon The Adelie Blizzard newspaper  
Issue Details: First known date: 1913... 1913 The Adelie Blizzard
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    • Adelaide, South Australia,: Friends of the State Library of South Australia ; Friends of Mawson at the South Australian Museum , 2010 .
      Alternative title: The Adelie Blizzard : Mawson's Forgotten Newspaper 1913
      Extent: xxvi, 216 p.p.
      Limited edition info: 999 copies of this edition of the Adelie Blizzard have been published: 199 are hand numbered and bound in half-leather; 450 are hand bound in decorated cloth; 300 are in soft covers. Fifty sets of unbound sheets, identified by roman numerals, have been reserved for presentation and custom bindings.
      Description: illus. (chiefly col.), maps, plans, ports
      Note/s:
      • Facsimile of the Adelie Blizzard 'newspaper' originally issued by Douglas Mawson and the members of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition during their enforced stay at their main base in Antarctica in 1913. It was produced in 5 monthly issues from April to October 1913 (Vol. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 1913)-v. 1, no. 5 (Oct. 1915)). The pages are reproduced at their original size, with handwritten editorial annotations. The originals are held in the Mawson Centre at the South Australian Museum. Includes biographical notes on all the members of the Aurora Expedition who were at the main base during 1912-1913.
      • Preface by Emma McEwin ; introduction by Elizabeth Leane and Mark Pharaoh.
      ISBN: 9781876154608 (deluxe), 9781876154622 (hbk.), 9781876154615 (pbk.)
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