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Adelaide: Irene Gale, 2011. 224pp, index, bw ills. Pictorial card. Minor edge wear to cover. Stan Taylor was a fireman aboard the Aurora in 1912 on its voyage to Antarctica to collect Douglas Mawson and the men of the Australian Antarctic Expedition. He was not supposed to keep a diary or take photographs, as the expedition's activities were deeemed to be the exclusive preserve of the Secretary of the Expedition and the Official Photographer. However, he did both. While his photographs are not exceptional his daily diary gives a vivid picture of the conditions people lived and worked under in the early exploration of the southern continent.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to.
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- Title Antarctic Diary.
- Author TAYLOR, Stanley Gordon Roberts.
- Binding Paperback
- Publisher Irene Gale, Adelaide
- Date 2011
- ISBN 9780646566559
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Antarctic Diary.
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