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A comment on Into the Unknown: Mawson's Antarctic Trek (2013).

Re:Into the Unknown: Mawson's Antarctic Trek (2013) by hprotagonist on Sunday March 22, 2020 @04:58PM (#22658586)
You can read Mawson's own account, in his own words, here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/6137/6137-h/6137-h.htm

"The Benzine Hut" is a phrase that haunts me sometimes.

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Re:Into the Unknown: Mawson's Antarctic Trek (2013) by andrewwharton on Sunday March 22, 2020 @05:25PM (#22658824)
Also available from http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/history/explor...

Can higly recommend. It seems like there was a completely different view as to what were "acceptable risks" back in those days.

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