Frank Stillwell's Antarctic Diaries 1911-13: Still no Mawson

In January 1913, Frank Stillwell and 14 other men waited anxiously at Main Base for three overdue men. All of the summers field parties had returned safely to the Cape Denison hut except for Douglas Mawsons. Another day and no Mawson, wrote Stillwell on 21 January. Still no Mawson, he wrote five days later. The most optimistic among us now are beginning to have fears . By February it seemed clear that the missing men had all died. Frank Stillwells diaries reveal everyday life in the mens isolated hut in Antarctica, with near-poisonings and the tragedy of two mens deaths. The diaries are now held by the Academy. With the support of Geoscience Australia and the Geological Society of Australia, the diaries have been published in full in this book. The year 2012 was a centenary year for the 191114 Australasian Antarctic Expedition, and this book is a fitting celebration of Australias first scientific expedition to Antarctica. The book is available in Canberra from the National Library of Australia bookshop, ANU Co-op Bookshop, Smiths Alternative Bookshop and Paperchain Bookstore