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Title: Mawson's Will: The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written by Lennard Bickel, Edmund Hillary ISBN: 1-58642-000-3 Publisher: Steerforth Press Pub. Date: March, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.19 (21 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: If you think life is tough...
Comment: There is something buried deep within us all called the survival instinct. It's in the cancer patient fighting for another day no matter how painful, it's in the Apollo 13 astronauts alone and thousands of miles from safety, the lone sailor or even that person you pass on the street and barely notice.
Perhaps it's the result of 4 billion years of evolution, an involuntary reaction to the need to continue the species forward. Or maybe it's altogether more spiritual, part of the journey that gives life meaning and value. Whatever, clearly it's a very important part of what makes us who we are.
But in these comfortably numb times, it's all too easy to lose touch with these very basic principles of existence. We are not challenged for survival and we barely understand that such a need can exist.
Which is why Mawson's Will, the story of the epic battle for life by Antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson, is more than just an epic tale of adventure. While his lonely struggle to cross 300 miles of frozen wasteland after the death of his colleagues is in itself a wonderful tale of courage and resourcefulness, it resonates far deeper than just an explorer's tale.
Wracked by the pain of mysterious illness (later discovered to be fatal levels of Vitamin A poison from eating husky dog livers to stay alive) and caught in the most hostile environment on the planet, Mawson has many reasons to give up. Agony, loneliness and despair were his constant companions. On more than one occasion, dangling suspended by a rope through a fallen crevice all it would take was to reach into his pocket for the knife that would cut the thin line that held him in limbo. It a moment it would be over, the pain and useless struggle over.
But Mawson refused to succumb, and eventually, through extraordinary efforts, survived. Even to this day it hard to imagine how.
In his wonderful account of this story, culled mostly from Mawson's own heart wrenching diary of the events, veteran Australian writer Lennard Bickell has managed to capture superbly the details of Mawson's battle to survive.
While he spends little time contemplating the inner meaning of such a struggle, it is plainly there for the reader to contemplate. We are left to consider our own resources, our own inner strength. For anyone involved in a difficult situation that requires courage and fortitude, 'Mawson's Will' is an inspiration. And for those of us merely intrigued by the real nature of existence, here at least is a definition of the outer borders of human willpower, that strange and unknown land where the real world meets the spiritual.
A wonderful book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Compelling page turner
Comment: Despite the years that have passed from Douglas Mawson's journey it was extremely difficult not to feel emotional about Mr. Bickel's account. The book is well executed in that you actually feel as if you are on the journey with Mawson and his unfortunate companions. I cannot recommend this book highly enough and in fact have read others of Mr. Bickel's works and have found the same writing style. A style that is highly researched, gritty while having a precision that allows the reader to follow any and all aspects of the adventure. By the end of this book I thought that I knew Douglas Mawson. A tribute to the author and his fine writing style not to mention the amazing subjects chosen. If you read only one book on polar exploration this would be the one I would recommend.
Rating: 5
Summary: Unbelievable!!!
Comment: I first learned about Mawson when reading a children's book on Antartic Explorers. First of all, I read Shackleton's "South" and found that to be a great adventure on saving 20+ men... but Mawson's is a whole different situation. Imagine traveling with 2 buddies, dozen dogs, plenty of food, and equipment. Now imagine that being taken away from you in the middle of Antartica, hundred miles from base camp! What a survival story! What emotions he must have went through! It was Providence that saved him! Read this story especially if you are interested in your own faith and positive attitude.
WOW!!!!
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Title: Shackleton's Forgotten Men: The Untold Tale of an Antarctic Tragedy by Lennard Bickel, Rt. Hon. Lord Shackleton, Lord Shackleton ISBN: 1560252561 Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press Pub. Date: 22 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard ISBN: 0786704373 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom by Slavomir Rawicz ISBN: 1558216847 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The South Pole by Roald E. Amundsen, Roland Huntford, Captain Roald Amundsen ISBN: 0815411278 Publisher: Cooper Square Press Pub. Date: January, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Last Place on Earth by Roland Huntford, Paul Theroux ISBN: 0375754741 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 17 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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