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This volume offers accounts of two of the 19th-century expeditions that took place in the so-called "heroic era" of Antarctic exploration. The first is Sir Douglas Mawson's 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition. The other is Ernest Shackleton's unsuccessful attempt to cross the Antarctic continent from 1914-16 and the extraordinary survival of his entire party after the expedition's ship, Endurance, was crushed and sunk in the pack ice. Chronicled in black-and-white images by the Australian photographer Frank Hurley, these two narratives are combined within this double volume. There is also an introduction by journalist and historian Tim Bowden.
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Two stories of the 'heroic era', of sustained survival and the triumph of the human spirit set against seemingly impossible odds. One is Sir Douglas Mawson's 1909-14 Australian Antarctic Expedition. The other is Sir Ernest Shackleton's unsuccessful attempt to cross the Antarctic continent from 1914-16, and the extraordinary survival of his entire party after the expedition's ship Endurance was crushed and sunk in pack ice. A timely, superbly chronicled and immensely readable double volume. South With Mawson was published in 1947. Shackleton's Argonauts was published in 1948. Both expeditions were chronicled by Frank Hurley, indomitable Australian photographer
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Laseron was born on 6 December 1887 at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States of America, to English parents the Review David Laseron, and his wife Frances, née Bradley. In 1892 his father was shot while travelling on a train.
The shooting caused lasting health problems for Reverent Laseron who resigned his post in Sydney three years later and then moved his family to Lithgow, New South Wales where he was given charge of the parish.
Charles attended Street Andrew"s Cathedral School as scholar and chorister and later studied at Sydney Technical College where he was awarded the diploma in geology.
After relocating temporarily to London in 1888, the family migrated to Australia in January 1891. He was employed by the Technological Museum in July 1906 and published a series of papers. He travelled with Frank Hurley, Bob Bage, Eric Webb, Herbert Murphy and John Hunter.
The group travelled by sledge, departing their base camp on 10 November 1912.
Murphy, Hunter and Laseron were the support party for Hurley, Bage and Webb, and turned back on 22 November 1912 after setting up a supply depot. Following the outbreak of World War I, Laseron enlisted in the First Australian Imperial Force on 9 September 1914.
He sailed from Melbourne in December 1914 on the Steamship Ulysses. Laseron served with the 13th Battalion in the Gallipoli Campaign, being wounded on 27 April 1915 at Anzac Cove.
After spending three months in hospital in England he was discharged as medically unfit.
Laseron returned to work at the museum after his discharge, working in the geology department and later in applied art He campaigned unsuccessfully for the establishment of a formal collection, and resigned in 1929 to set up his own business as an antique-dealer and auctioneer. He served again during World World War II as a map reading instructor but was discharged as medically unfit due to illness in 1944.
Laseron died on 27 June 1959 in Concord Repatriation General Hospital.
(This volume offers accounts of two of the 19th-century ex...)
(Two stories of the 'heroic era', of sustained survival an...)
He was a member of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under (Sir) Douglas Mawson.
