Download or read book Lady Spy, Gentleman Explorer written by Heather Rossiter and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of spy and Antarctic explorer Herbert Dyce Murphy. Tells of his rejection of his wealthy upbringing in favour of apprenticing himself to a wool clipper and then going whaling in the Arctic. Recounts his time as a spy in drag for British intelligence before World War I and his trip to Antarctica with the Mawson expedition in 1911. Includes photographs, list of expeditioners and ship's officers, glossary, notes on sources and selected bibliography.