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Index Aurora Australis (book)

Aurora Australis was the "first book ever written, printed, illustrated and bound in the Antarctic".[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 20 relations: Alistair Mackay, Antarctic, Cape Royds, Douglas Mawson, Edgeworth David, Emperor penguin, Ernest Joyce, Ernest Shackleton, Etching, Frank Wild, George Marston (artist), James Murray (biologist), Lithography, McMurdo Sound, Mount Erebus, National Library of Australia, Nimrod Expedition, Ross Island, State Library of South Australia, Steward's assistant.

  2. 1908 in Antarctica
  3. 1908 non-fiction books
  4. Books about Antarctica
  5. Ernest Shackleton

Alistair Mackay

Alistair Forbes Mackay (22 February 1878 –) was a Scottish physician, biologist, and polar explorer known for being the first, along with Australians Douglas Mawson and Edgeworth David, to reach the South Magnetic Pole on 16 January 1909, during the British Antarctic Expedition of 1907–1909.

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Antarctic

The Antarctic (or, American English also or; commonly) is a polar region around Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole.

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Cape Royds

Cape Royds is a dark rock cape forming the western extremity of Ross Island, facing on McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.

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Douglas Mawson

Sir Douglas Mawson (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was a British-born Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic.

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Edgeworth David

Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth David (28 January 1858 – 28 August 1934) was a Welsh Australian geologist and Antarctic explorer.

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Emperor penguin

The emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is endemic to Antarctica.

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Ernest Joyce

Ernest Edward Mills Joyce AM (– 2 May 1940) was a Royal Naval seaman and explorer who participated in four Antarctic expeditions during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, in the early 20th century.

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Ernest Shackleton

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic.

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Etching

Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal.

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Frank Wild

John Robert Francis Wild (18 April 1873 – 19 August 1939) was an English sailor and explorer.

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George Marston (artist)

George Edward Marston (19 March 1882 – 22 November 1940) was an English artist who twice accompanied Sir Ernest Shackleton on expeditions to Antarctic, first from 1907 to 1909 on the Nimrod expedition, and then later from 1914 to 1917 on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, which ended with the crew being marooned on Elephant Island.

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James Murray (biologist)

Dr James Murray FRSE (21 July 1865, Glasgow – February 1914) was a biologist and explorer.

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Lithography

Lithography is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water.

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McMurdo Sound

The McMurdo Sound is a sound in Antarctica, known as the southernmost passable body of water in the world, located approximately from the South Pole.

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Mount Erebus

Mount Erebus is the second-highest volcano in Antarctica (after Mount Sidley), the highest active volcano in Antarctica, and the southernmost active volcano on Earth.

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National Library of Australia

The National Library of Australia (NLA), formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the National Library Act 1960 for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to Australia and the Australian people", thus functioning as a national library.

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Nimrod Expedition

The Nimrod Expedition of 1907–1909, otherwise known as the British Antarctic Expedition, was the first of three expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton and his second time to the Continent. Aurora Australis (book) and Nimrod Expedition are 1908 in Antarctica and Ernest Shackleton.

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Ross Island

Ross Island is an island in Antarctica lying on the east side of McMurdo Sound and extending from Cape Bird in the north to Cape Armitage in the south, and a similar distance from Cape Royds in the west to Cape Crozier in the east.

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State Library of South Australia

The State Library of South Australia, or SLSA, formerly known as the Public Library of South Australia, located on North Terrace, Adelaide, is the official library of the Australian state of South Australia.

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Steward's assistant

A steward's assistant (SA) is an unlicensed, entry-level crewmember in the Steward's department of a merchant ship.

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See also

1908 in Antarctica

1908 non-fiction books

Books about Antarctica

Ernest Shackleton

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_Australis_(book)