Xavier Mertz in an icy ravine |
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| Title : | Xavier Mertz in an icy ravine |
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| Creator : | Mawson, Douglas, Sir, 1882-1958 | ||
| Source : | The home of the blizzard: being the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914, vol. 1, opposite p. 214 | ||
| Place Of Creation : | London | ||
| Publisher : | Heinemann | ||
| Date of creation : | 1912 | ||
| Format : | Book | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
Dr Xavier Mertz joined Mawson's expedition as a ski expert and mountaineer. He was also responsible for seeing to the safe transportation of the expedition's dogs from Greenland to Tasmania and their management once in the Antarctic. He shared these duties with Belgrave Ninnis. Mertz died on the fateful Far Eastern party, along with Belgrave Ninnis. Both men are remembered with glaciers named for them in Adelie Land. Skis were provided for the men, but in the prevailing conditions in Adelie Land the ice was scoured of snow and there were few opportunities for skiing. However with the example of Mertz, and his coaching most of the men practised using the skis. |
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| Coverage year : | 1912 |
| Place : | Antarctica |
| Further reading : | Mawson, Douglas, The home of the blizzard: the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Kent Town, S. Aust.: Wakefield Press, 1996 Mawson, Douglas, Sir, Mawson's Antarctic diaries edited by Fred Jacka & Eleanor Jacka Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1988 Laseron, Charles Francis South with Mawson; reminiscences of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914. London; Sydney: G.G. Harrap, in association with Australasian Pub. Co., [1947] Ayres, Philip J Mawson: a life Carlton South, Vic.: Miegunyah Press: Melbourne University Press, 1999 |
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