Biography of spy and Antarctic explorer Herbert Dyce Murphy. Tells of his rejection of his wealthy upbringing in favour of apprenticing himself to a wool clippe
Describes the epic journey undertaken by Douglas Mawson, who suffered starvation, the loss of his team, and a crippling foot injury as he resorted to crawling b
Douglas Mawson was determined to make his mark on Antarctica as no other explorer had done before him. What really happened on the ice has been buried for a cen
Soldiers and sailors, geographers and geologists, submariners and balloonists all flocked to Antarctica during the 'Heroic Age' of Polar exploration. No one bet