Alone on the Ice by David Roberts

Alone on the Ice

David Roberts with Matthew Brehner (Narrator)

11 hours, 39 minutes first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous slow-paced

Description

On January 17, 1913, alone and near starvation, Douglas Mawson, leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, was hauling a sledge to get back to base camp. The dogs were gone. Now Mawson himself plunged through a snow bridge, dangling over an ...

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emotional 15%
reflective 15%

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fast 7%

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