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After the last dog died
the true-life, hair-raising adventure of Douglas Mawson and his 1912 Antarctic Expedition
By Bredeson, Carmen
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-79226-140-7
- Publisher
- Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2003.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2004
Gr 5-Up About a century ago, Australian Douglas Mawson's interest in glaciers led him to become a member of Ernest Shackleton's 1908 expedition to Antarctica. The geologist and two others made their way to the magnetic South Pole and back, gathering valuable scientific data. Mawson subsequently met with Robert Scott but decided not to join that ill-fated trip to the Pole. Instead, he organized his own Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Double-page duo-to...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
