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Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 An Antarctic Affair : A Story of Love and Survival by the Great-Granddaughter of Douglas and Paquita Mawson
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'Set at the time of Sir Douglas Mawson's famous Australian and New Zealand expedition to the Antarctic and his engagement to Paquita Delprat, An Antarctic Affair tells the story of how the love between Paquita and Douglas survived distance, time and the tragedies that befell the expedition.' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Dedication: To the memory of Oma
  • Epigraph: Have you ever seen the midnight sun?...If you had...you would never ask me why I am going back. - from an address by Douglas mawson to the Canadian Club in Montreal, 1915

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Hindmarsh, Charles Sturt area, Adelaide - Northwest, Adelaide, South Australia,: East Street Publications , 2008 .
      Extent: 254p.
      Description: illus., ports
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: March 2008.
      • Includes index and bibliography.
      ISBN: 9781921037306 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Two of Us : Emma McEwin and Geoff Goodfellow Emma McEwin , Geoff Goodfellow , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27-28 April 2013; (p. 6)
Awesome Mawson Kerrie Round , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 304 2008; (p. 42)

— Review of An Antarctic Affair : A Story of Love and Survival by the Great-Granddaughter of Douglas and Paquita Mawson Emma McEwin , 2008 single work biography
Non-Fiction Steven Carroll , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 5 April 2008; (p. 24)

— Review of An Antarctic Affair : A Story of Love and Survival by the Great-Granddaughter of Douglas and Paquita Mawson Emma McEwin , 2008 single work biography
Family Portrait Samela Harris , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 5 April 2008; (p. 12-13)
In Short : Nonfiction Bruce Elder , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21-23 March 2008; (p. 35)

— Review of An Antarctic Affair : A Story of Love and Survival by the Great-Granddaughter of Douglas and Paquita Mawson Emma McEwin , 2008 single work biography
Untitled Matthia Dempsey , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , February vol. 87 no. 6 2008; (p. 39)

— Review of An Antarctic Affair : A Story of Love and Survival by the Great-Granddaughter of Douglas and Paquita Mawson Emma McEwin , 2008 single work biography
In Short : Nonfiction Bruce Elder , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21-23 March 2008; (p. 35)

— Review of An Antarctic Affair : A Story of Love and Survival by the Great-Granddaughter of Douglas and Paquita Mawson Emma McEwin , 2008 single work biography
Non-Fiction Steven Carroll , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 5 April 2008; (p. 24)

— Review of An Antarctic Affair : A Story of Love and Survival by the Great-Granddaughter of Douglas and Paquita Mawson Emma McEwin , 2008 single work biography
Awesome Mawson Kerrie Round , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 304 2008; (p. 42)

— Review of An Antarctic Affair : A Story of Love and Survival by the Great-Granddaughter of Douglas and Paquita Mawson Emma McEwin , 2008 single work biography
Love and Survival Angela Bennie , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8-9 March 2008; (p. 15)
Ice King's Warmer Side Judy Skatssoon , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 22 March 2008; (p. 6-7)
Family Portrait Samela Harris , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 5 April 2008; (p. 12-13)
Two of Us : Emma McEwin and Geoff Goodfellow Emma McEwin , Geoff Goodfellow , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27-28 April 2013; (p. 6)
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