CHESTER, JONATHAN — Going to Extremes

Doubleday Australia. 1986. (ISBN: 9780868241715). Hardcover. Hardback with D/J in good condition. D/J has 1 inch tear to top at spine. Project Blizzard and Australia's Antarctic Heritage. To most people Antarctica is a land of blizzards, isolation, endless icebound terrain and hostile beauty. It is a place where only the mad or foolish dare venture. Yet for the past 100 years dedicated men and women have tempted fate and gone south in the name of since. Exploration and adventure. Their reasons for going to such extremes have been highly individual but their feats of endurance and courage are among the greatest this century. GOING TO EXTREMES is about these people and their achievements, form the epic sledging journeys of the 1900 to the recent sinking of the southern quest. It is a very personal expiration of Australia?s Antarctic heritage which look at the enterprisers and experiences of Australia?s Antarctic pioneers. It is also about the adventures of today. Through the eyes of Project Blizzard, the team that went south to conserve Mawson?s Huts, we come to feel the excitement, the tension and the physical challenge of the Antarctic. Centerd around the dramatic story of Mawson?s Australasian Antarctic expedition (1911-14), the book enter wives the advancers of Project Blizzard with the exploits of the AAE. The unfolding tale of Mawson?s intrepid expiration and survival is paralleled by the trials and tribulations of Project Blizzards endeavors. To mount and carry out their own expeditions to the Antarctic. The stories of other polar explores Edgeworth David, Hurley, Davis, Wilkins and Law as well as the New Zealanders Hillary and Webb provide a back drop to these two ventures. Going to extremes is a unique blend of historically and contemporary accounts which highlight the character and humanity of the Australian?s who discovered and explored the Antarctic. These stories of polar pioneers pushing back the frontiers in a harsh and unforgiving land are a telling reminder of indomitable well and human sprit-a heritage of which we can be justifiable proud. Used: Acceptable.