150 Shepherds of Heard Island

Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica by Matthew Alan McArthur

Nov 20, 202352:01Science & Medicine

The ANARE presence at Heard Island runs to 1955 and switches focus to continental Antarctica. The Island taught Australians to work on glaciers and to run dog teams, saw John Bechervaise cut his Antarctic teeth and lead...

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