The home of the blizzard: being the story of the Australasian Antarctic expedition, 1911-1914
London: William Heinemann, [1915]. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, pp. xxx, 348, [2]; xiii, [1], 337, [3]; photogravure frontispieces, profusely illustrated with photographs, maps, and plans throughout (some folding, 21 in color), and 3 folding maps in pocket at back of volume II; near fine in original blue cloth stamped in gilt and silver. Account of the 1911-14 Australian Antarctic Expedition led by Douglas Mawson. The expedition discovered 1,320 miles of land, including the Mertz, Denman, and Scott Glaciers; the Davis Sea; and mapped 800 miles of coastline between Gaussberg and Cape Adare, along Adelie Land coast and beyond. Rosove 217.A1; Spence 774. Item #61112
Price: $1,250.00
