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9780522851915

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

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  • ISBN13:

    9780522851915

  • ISBN10:

    0522851916

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-01-20
  • Publisher: Melbourne University Press
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Summary

The love between explorer and scientist Douglas Mawson and his fiance 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.

Author Biography

Nancy Robinson Flannery has been a radio journalist, editor, columnist, consultant and tutor in communications. Ms. Flannery�2s late husband, Dr. Alick Whittle, was a student and prot�9g�9 of Sir Douglas Mawson in the 1930s. Ms. Flannery lives in southern Australia.

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