The Home of the Blizzard / Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914

by Sir Douglas Mawson

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Contents

1. Author's Preface
2. Foreword
3. Introduction
4. Colour Plates
5. Chapter I the Problem and Preparations
6. Chapter II the Last Days at Hobart and the Voyage to Macquarie Island
7. Chapter III from Macquarie Island to Adelie Land
8. Chapter IV New Lands
9. Chapter V First Days in Adelie Land
10. Chapter VI Autumn Prospects
11. Chapter VII the Blizzard
12. Chapter VIII Domestic Life
13. Chapter IX Midwinter and Its Work;
14. Chapter X the Preparation of Sledging Equipment
15. Section through a Nansen Sledging Cooker mounted on the primus
16. Chapter XI Spring Exploits
17. Chapter XII Across King George V Land
18. Chapter XIII Toil and Tribulation
19. Chapter XIV the Quest of the South Magnetic Pole
20. Chapter XV Eastward Over the Sea-Ice
21. Chapter XVI Horn Bluff and Penguin Point
22. Chapter XVII with Stillwell's and Bickerton's Parties
23. Chapter XVIII the Ship's Story
24. Chapter XIX the Western Base—Establishment and Early Adventures
25. Chapter XX the Western Base—Winter and Spring
26. Chapter XXI the Western Base—Blocked on the Shelf-Ice
27. Chapter XXII the Western Base—Linking Up with Kaiser Wilhelm II Land
28. Chapter XXIII a Second Winter
29. Chapter XXIV Nearing the End
30. Chapter XXV Life on Macquarie Island
31. Chapter XXVI a Land of Storm and Mist
32. Chapter XXVII Through Another Year
33. Chapter XXVIII the Homeward Cruise
34. Appendix I

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