Stephen
Haddelsey - Born Adventurer. The life of Frank Bickerton,
Antarctic pioneer
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Born Adventurer tells the story of Frank Bickerton (1889-1954),
the British engineer on Sir Douglas Mawson's Australasian
Antarctic Expedition of 1911-14. The expedition gave birth
to what Sir Ranulph Fiennes has called 'one of the greatest
accounts of polar survival in history' and surveyed for
the first time the 2,000-mile stretch of coast around Cape
Denison, which later became Adelie Land. The AAE was however
only one episode in a rich and colourful career. Bickerton
accompanied the ill-fated Aeneas Mackintosh on a treasure
hunt to R.L. Stevenson's Treasure Island, was involved with
the early stages of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated Imperial
Trans-Antarctic Expedition, and tested 'wingless aeroplanes'
in Norway. Born Adventurer follows him through his many
experiences, from his flying career in the First World War
to his time in California, mixing with the aristocracy of
the Hollywood and sporting worlds and from his safaris in
Africa to his distinguished career as an editor and screenplay
writer at Shepperton Studios. Stephen Haddesley draws on
unique access to family papers and Bickerton's journals
and letters to give us a rich and full account of the story
of this incredible adventurer and colourful man.
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