Book #2 (Mawson's Will)

This is truly a great adventure/ survival story. Mawson's Will, by Lennard Bickel, tells the tale of the Australian explorer, Douglas Mawson, and his fight for survival. If you liked the story about the rugby team stuck in the Andes, then I am sure you will find this book exciting. The following is what the author has to say about the tale.

Setting out with two companions and two teams of dogs, Mawson encountered daunting mountains, crevasse-filled glaciers, and sixty-mile-per-hour winds. Six weeks and 320 miles into the journey, one of his fellow explorers and a team of dogs disappeared into a "bottomless" crevasse, along with the tent, most of the equipment, and all but a week's supply of food. After losing his second companion and the remaining dogs, Mawson fought his way back from what seemed inescapable death, enduring blistering winds, snow, and cold, thirst, starvation, disease, and snowblindness.

Lennard Bickel is also the author of Shackleton's Forgotten Men which I picked up today and will add to my reading list (after reading Harry Potter). I strongly recommend this book and anyone who reads it will surely remember to take their vitamins.