The love between explorer and scientist Douglas Mawson and his fiancé Paquita Delprat is documented in this collection of their letters sent between Australia and Antarctica over a period of 22 months. Following their engagement in 1910, Mawson left Delprat for an Antarctic expedition prolonged by a disastrous trek and a wrenching yearlong wait for the next steamer that could take him home. Filled with mutual longing and despair, these absorbing letters reach a level of written passion that is rarely found today. Providing remarkable personal context for Mawson’s work, this document adds a touch of human sentiment to the history of both science and the Antarctic.

This Everlasting Silence: The Love Letters of Paquita Delprat and Douglas Mawson 1911–1914

Literature & Fiction

Flannery, Nancy Robinson

World Literature

Melbourne University Publishing

Change on change;: A history of the northern highlands of South Australia

History

Australia & Oceania

Investigator Press

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