An account of an Australian expedition (1952-53) to Heard Island between Kerguélen Islands and the Antarctic continent, in which two of fourteen members died (one frozen, another drowned). A rather pedestrian account but there are a few interesting passages:
Twelve Came Back.
Brown, Peter Lancaster. London: Robert Hale, 1957.
- 1952-53 Australian Heard Island Expedition.
- Antarctic Reading: Expeditions
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Antarctic Odyssey.
Law, Phillip. Melbourne: Heinemann, 1983.
- 1952-53 Australian Heard Island Expedition; 1959-60 Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE).
- Antarctic Reading: Expeditions
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A history of the early years of ANARE, the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition, by its original Director, and starting with its two island stations at Macquarrie Island and Heard Island and later the Mawson station at Horseshoe Harbour. It’s not a particularly inspired account, and it exhibits a certain solemn narcissism. But it does have some dramatic moments (e.g. the Hurricane) and some useful chapters on issues of administration, the psychological aspects of personnel selection, and questions regarding design of materials to be used at ANARE bases, from prefabricated huts to clothing.