A recent study of the subject Flaws in the Ice: In Search of Mawson by David Day. Based on meticulous and extensive research, the author reveals the enormous challenges of a journey into uncharted territory and makes some controversial claims about Mawson's ability as a leader, his conduct on the trek leading to the death of his two companions and his status as a hero.
However, it's easy to debunk a hero from a distance but Mawson was a man of his time and his contributions to the study of geomorphology, hardly acknowledged by David Day shouldn't be ignored. The real interest in this novel was not in heroics but in the description of the small but significant everyday routines of the team members and their skills in improvisation e.g. building a stove that worked and using it to prepare special meals for Xmas and birthdays. All in all a comprehensive study of an interesting subject.