MCGREGOR, ALASDAIR. — Mawson's Huts. An Antarctic Expedition Journal.

Alexandria, NSW: Hale & Iremonger, 1998. 0868066532. In 1912, an expedition, led by geologist Dr Douglas Mawson, landed on a remote Antarctic peninsula. Over the next two years they struggled against appalling winds and cold, leading to the death of Mawson's two companions. His survvival at the winter quarters has become the stuff of legend, and 86 years later another party landed at the remote denison Cape to rescue and repair the huts that Mawson's men sheltered and worked in. This book is artist and photographer Alasdair McGregor's personl account of living and working in the windiest place on earth. 26cms x 18cms. Pp.vi/194, many colour and black & white photos + sketches by the author. Paperback, minor edge wear. Plus: Postcard sent from Port Lockroy (the only British Post Office on Antartica) with postmarked British Antarctic Territory stamp, loosely enclosed. VG.