| 词条 | Aurora Australis (book) |
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Bibliographic detailsAurora Australis was written during the British Imperial Antarctic Expedition or the Nimrod Expedition (1908–09) led by Ernest Shackleton. Produced entirely by members of the expedition, the book was edited by Shackleton, illustrated with lithographs and etchings by George Marston, printed by Ernest Joyce and Frank Wild, and bound by Bernard Day. The production of Aurora Australis was one of the cultural activities Shackleton encouraged while the expedition team over-wintered at Cape Royds on Ross Island in the McMurdo Sound, to ensure that "the spectre known as 'polar ennui' never made its appearance".[2]Because the copies of Aurora Australis were unnumbered, it is unclear exactly how many were produced; it is believed that one hundred copies were created, of which less than seventy have been accounted for.[3] Copies of the book are often identified by the original stencils on the inside of the covers, which were made of boards from wooden supply boxes.[4]{{rp|10}} Shackleton may have originally intended to sell copies of the book on his return from the Antarctic, but instead they were all distributed among the members of the expedition and given to other "friends and benefactors of the expedition".[5] References1. ^{{cite book |last=Shackleton |first=Ernest |title=The Heart of the Antarctic: being the story of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909 |year=1909 |publisher= Heinemann |location= London | pages= vol. 1, p.217 |nopp=true}} 2. ^{{cite book |last=Shackleton |first=Ernest |title=The Heart of the Antarctic: being the story of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909 |year=1909 |publisher= Heinemann |location= London | pages= vol. 1, p.216 |nopp=true}} 3. ^{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Lewis |title=Shackleton's Aurora could fetch £20,000 |url=http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,1729575,00.html |publisher=Guardian Unlimited |date=March 13, 2006 |accessdate=2008-01-14 }} 4. ^For example, the National Library of Australia's copy is known as 'Butter 267'. {{cite journal |last=Mawer |first=Allen |date= March 2009|title=Light in the South |journal=The National Library Magazine |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=8–11 |url=http://www.nla.gov.au/pub/nlanews/2009/mar09/light-in-the-south.pdf |accessdate=January 18, 2011}} 5. ^{{cite book |last=Shackleton |first=Ernest |title=Aurora Australis |year=1986 |publisher= Paradigm Press |location= Alburgh, Harleston, Norfolk | page= xx}} Further reading
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