<em>The Home of the Blizzard</em> is a tale of discovery and adventure, of pioneering deeds, great courage, heart - stopping rescues and heroic endurance. This is Mawson's own account of his years spent in sub - zero temperatures and gale - force winds. At its heart is the epic journey of 1912 - 13, during which both his companions perished. Told in a laconic but gripping style, this is the classic account of the struggle for survival of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition - a journey which mapped more of Antarctica than any expedition before or since.<br /><br />The photographs included in this book were taken on the journey by Frank Hurley, later to achieve fame on Sir Ernest Shackleton's <em>Endurance</em> expedition.<br /><br />'One of the greatest accounts of polar survival in history.' - Sir Ranulph Fiennes