The Home of the Blizzard

<p><br />THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARD is a tale of discovery and<br />adventure of pioneering deeds great courage heart-stopping rescues<br />and heroic endurance. This is Mawson’s own account of his years<br />spent in sub-zero temperatures and gale-force winds. At its heart<br />is the epic journey of 1912–13 during which both his companions<br />perished. Told in a laconic but gripping style this is the classic<br />account of the struggle for survival of the Australasian Antarctic<br />Expedition – a journey which mapped more of Antarctica than any<br />expedition before or since.<br />The photographs included in this book were taken on the journey<br />by Frank Hurley later to achieve fame on Sir Ernest Shackleton’s<br />Endurance expedition.</p>