Author(s): David Day

Biography & Memoir

For many decades there has only been one published first-hand account of Mawson's expedition - the one written and orchestrated by Mawson himself. Only recently have alternative accounts become publicly available. In this compelling and revealing new book, David Day draws upon all this new evidence as well as on the vast research he undertook for his international history of Antarctica and on his own experience of sailing the Antarctic coastlist where Mawson's reputation was first created.