Description:This is the true story of one of the epic adventures of desert exploration.In 1939 Dr Cecil Madigan led his party of nine men and nineteen camels into the trackless and waterless Simpson Desert on an exciting mission never before attempted. For weeks they battled huge sand dunes, on their way from Andado to Birdsville. Lack of feed for the camels caused great concern before the party reached their destination. After resting for a few days at Birdsville Madigan turned his party south-west around the shores of Lake Eyre to rejoin the railway at Marree.Colin Harris, an authority on Madigan's work, has provided an important overview of this remarkable man's life and achievements for this new edition.This is a great Australian story of enterprise, scientific investigation and determined human courage.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Crossing the Dead Heart. To get started finding Crossing the Dead Heart, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Description: This is the true story of one of the epic adventures of desert exploration.In 1939 Dr Cecil Madigan led his party of nine men and nineteen camels into the trackless and waterless Simpson Desert on an exciting mission never before attempted. For weeks they battled huge sand dunes, on their way from Andado to Birdsville. Lack of feed for the camels caused great concern before the party reached their destination. After resting for a few days at Birdsville Madigan turned his party south-west around the shores of Lake Eyre to rejoin the railway at Marree.Colin Harris, an authority on Madigan's work, has provided an important overview of this remarkable man's life and achievements for this new edition.This is a great Australian story of enterprise, scientific investigation and determined human courage.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Crossing the Dead Heart. To get started finding Crossing the Dead Heart, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.