Download or read book Aurora Australis 1908-09 written by Edited by and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aurora Australis was the first book ever written, printed, illustrated and bound in the Antarctic. Containing a selection of stories edited by Sir Ernest Shackleton, the book was produced using a handpress during the winter months of 1908. This edition reproduces those stories and illustrations as a tribute to the outstanding effort of producing a beautiful book with limited skills and difficult conditions.