Mawson doubts: hero or heel?
My handful of long time readers will recall my post about Heather Rossiter's enjoyable book about a (one time) cross dressing Antarctic explorer who was on the Mawson expedition. (Heather made an appearance in comments too. That's pleasing.)
Those people may recall that I found the book's take on Mawson particularly interesting, given that it argued he was actually a bit of a jerk, as it seemed to me he has a fan base to this day.
In light of this, it's of interest to read of a new book that suggests Mawson night have eaten one of the two expeditioners who died on his trip away from the hut!
I only suggested that maybe there had been a bit of a push and shove fight on the edge of a crevasse that caused the first one to disappear. I hadn't gone as far as to think he might have covered up cannibalism.
Good fun.
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