{"product_id":"alone-on-the-ice-by-david-roberts-9780393347784","title":"Alone on the Ice","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn 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 abyss by the sledge harness. A line of poetry gave him the will to haul himself back to the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMawson was sometimes reduced to crawling, and one night he discovered that the soles of his feet had completely detached from the flesh beneath. On February 8, when he staggered back to base, his features unrecognizably skeletal, the first teammate to reach him blurted out, \"Which one are you?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis thrilling and almost unbelievable account establishes Mawson in his rightful place as one of the greatest polar explorers and expedition leaders. It is illustrated by a trove of Frank Hurley's famous Antarctic photographs, many never before published in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlone on the Ice\u003c\/em\u003e by David Roberts brings this incredible adventure to life, capturing the heroism and resilience of a man who pushed the limits of human endurance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072121094380,"sku":"9780393347784","price":53.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8f3b472b9afed697ea77380a0c841815.jpg?v=1765188039","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/alone-on-the-ice-by-david-roberts-9780393347784","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}