An epic journey into the icy wastes

By Ross McMullin
December 19 2012 - 3:00am
Robert Bage (right) and Eric Webb.
Robert Bage (right) and Eric Webb.

IN THE middle of December 1912 Robert Bage, who had been chosen by Douglas Mawson to lead a daunting sledging expedition towards the South Pole, paused to review his party's progress. Bage and his companions were running out of time - Mawson had directed them to return to their Antarctic base by mid-January 1913.

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