Mawson

And the Ice Men of the Heroic Age - Scott, Shackelton and Amundsen

Peter FitzSimons, Paul English

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English

Bolinda Audio Books
28 November 2011

Expeditions

Douglas Mawson, born in 1882 and knighted in 1914, was Australia’s greatest Antarctic explorer.

On 2 December 1911, he led an expedition from Hobart to explore the virgin frozen coastline below, 2000 miles of which had never felt the tread of a human foot. After setting up Main Base at Cape Denision and Western Base on Queen Mary Land, he headed east on an extraordinary sledging trek with his companions, Belgrave Ninnis and Dr Xavier Mertz. After tragedy struck, Mawson found himself all alone, 160 miles from safety, with next to no food.

Peter FitzSimons tells the staggering tale of Mawson’s survival, despite all the odds, arriving back just in time to see his rescue ship disappearing over the horizon. He masterfully interweaves the stories of the other giants from the Heroic Age of Polar Exploration - Scott of the Antarctic, Sir Ernest Shackleton and Roald Amundsen - to bring the jaw-dropping events of this bygone era dazzlingly back to life.

By: Peter FitzSimons
Read by: Paul English
Imprint: Bolinda Audio Books
Country of Publication: Australia
Edition: Unabridged edition
Dimensions: Height: 134mm, Width: 146mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 103g
ISBN: 9781743104187
ISBN 10: 1743104189
Publication Date: 28 November 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter FitzSimons is one of the Sydney Morning Herald's and Sun Herald's most popular columnists. He broadcasts daily on Radio 2UE and is a regular contributor to the International Herald Tribune and the London Daily Telegraph. He is the author of seventeen books, including biographies of Nancy Wake, Nene King, John Eales, Steve Waugh and Charles Kingsford Smith. Peter lives with his family in Sydney. Paul English is an actor and narrator based in Melbourne who has appeared in more than 40 productions with major Australian theatre companies. Some highlights include Shakespeare's Hamlet, Chekhov’s Ivanov and Stoppard's Arcadia. Paul's television credits include SeaChange, Curtin and Gallipoli. His narration of Mao's Last Dancer (2004) and Coming Rain (2017) have both won AudioFile Earphones Awards.

Reviews for Mawson: And the Ice Men of the Heroic Age - Scott, Shackelton and Amundsen

Narrator Paul English transports the listener to the frozen continent of Antarctica at a time when explorers pushed the limits of human endurance-and often beyond. The author intertwines the major heroes of the southern ice with a general history of early Antarctic exploration while focusing on Australia's famed Antarctic explorer, Sir Douglas Mawson. English's voice presents a theatrical narration with his adroit use of accents and varied tone as he recounts stories of hardship, tragedy, and triumph. Both author and narrator are Australian, and some listeners may find the combination of colloquialisms and Australian accent a bit of a puzzle. Nonetheless, English's superb storytelling returns the listener to the age of heroes a century ago. -- AudioFile Magazine