Book review: Ice Bound - The Australian story of Antarctica

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Updated August 15 2022 - 11:24am, first published 5:30am
BRAVE NEW WORLD: Australian explorers and scientists have played a key role in shaping what we know about Antarctica. Pictured: A light amphibious resupply cargo vessel transporting gear in February 2004 with Stephenson Glacier in the background, Heard Island, Antarctica. Photo: D.E. Thost courtesy of National Library of Australia.
BRAVE NEW WORLD: Australian explorers and scientists have played a key role in shaping what we know about Antarctica. Pictured: A light amphibious resupply cargo vessel transporting gear in February 2004 with Stephenson Glacier in the background, Heard Island, Antarctica. Photo: D.E. Thost courtesy of National Library of Australia.

Initially forged more than 85 million years ago when the two continents were joined together as part of Gondwana Land, Australia's connection to Antarctica has endured ever since.

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