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'Departing Hobart on a seven-week voyage on board the RSV Aurora Australis, Craig Cormick is fulfilling a long-time dream to visit the frozen continent of Antarctica - an adventure to one of the few under-discovered regions of the world. As the ship navigates its way through the wild Southern Ocean and explores the icy coastline of the Antarctic continent, Craig muses about - and with - the great explorer and geologist Douglas Mawson. Mawson's ill-fated but scientifically successful Australasian Antarctic Expedition sailed from Hobart in 1911, as Scott and Amundsen were embarking on their race to the South Pole. Visiting the three Australian bases, with Mawson's ghost at his side, Craig Cormick describes the exhilaration of seeing his first iceberg, climbing a mountain on the Antarctic plateau, flying in a helicopter over the Vestfold Hills, photographing Adelie penguins, seeing the spectacular Aurora Australis in the sky, smelling elephant seals and discovering the mysteries of 'crap and wrap' field toilets. In Bed with Douglas Mawson is a humorous and thoughtful exploration of the enduring spirit of discovery, adventure and comradeship around Antarctica.' (Trove record)
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Launched at the Coop Bookshop, Australian National University, Australian Capital Territory, 28 June 2011.
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Epigraph: The Antarctic present badly needs contact with the Antarctic past. -Stephen Murray-Smith
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Brought in from the Cold
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 July 2011; (p. 34)
— Review of In Bed with Douglas Mawson : Travels Round Antarctica 2011 single work prose ; Douglas Mawson : The Life of An Explorer 2000 single work biography -
Tales of Mawson Poles Apart
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 19 June 2011; (p. 6)
— Review of Douglas Mawson : The Life of An Explorer 2000 single work biography ; In Bed with Douglas Mawson : Travels Round Antarctica 2011 single work prose -
A Voyage around Mawson
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 June 2011; (p. 31)
— Review of In Bed with Douglas Mawson : Travels Round Antarctica 2011 single work prose -
Question Time : Craig Cormick, Author
2011
single work
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 May 2011; (p. 3)
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A Voyage around Mawson
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 June 2011; (p. 31)
— Review of In Bed with Douglas Mawson : Travels Round Antarctica 2011 single work prose -
Tales of Mawson Poles Apart
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 19 June 2011; (p. 6)
— Review of Douglas Mawson : The Life of An Explorer 2000 single work biography ; In Bed with Douglas Mawson : Travels Round Antarctica 2011 single work prose -
Brought in from the Cold
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 July 2011; (p. 34)
— Review of In Bed with Douglas Mawson : Travels Round Antarctica 2011 single work prose ; Douglas Mawson : The Life of An Explorer 2000 single work biography -
Question Time : Craig Cormick, Author
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 May 2011; (p. 3)
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