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Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS FAA [1] [2] (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was a British-born Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen , Robert Falcon Scott , and Sir Ernest Shackleton , he was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration .
Douglas Mawson: 30 Geologist, expedition leader Only survivor of party of three sledging to east of base, 1912–13, Ninnis and Mertz having died. [12] Mawson returned to the Antarctic in 1929 and 1931 as leader of BANZARE. [13] Archibald Lang McLean: 26 Chief medical officer, bacteriologist Member of party that remained for second winter, 1913 ...
The Australasian Antarctic Expedition was a 1911–1914 expedition headed by Douglas Mawson that explored the largely uncharted Antarctic coast due south of Australia. Mawson had been inspired to lead his own venture by his experiences on Ernest Shackleton 's Nimrod expedition in 1907–1909.
The causes of Mertz's death and Mawson's related illness remain uncertain; a 1969 study suggested hypervitaminosis A, presumably caused by the men eating the livers of their Greenland huskies, which are now known to be unusually high in vitamin A. While this is considered the most likely theory, dissenting opinions suggest prolonged cold ...
Mertz exploring ice ravines near Cape Denison. In early 1911, Mertz went to London to meet with the Australian geologist and explorer Douglas Mawson. [2] Mawson, who had served as physicist during Ernest Shackleton's 1908–1909 Nimrod expedition, was planning his own Antarctic expedition.
Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis (22 June 1887 – 14 December 1912) was an English officer in the Royal Fusiliers and an Antarctic explorer who was a member of Douglas Mawson's 1911 Australasian Antarctic Expedition.
Legendary actor Kirk Douglas died on Wednesday at the age of 103. Following his death, his son, actor Michael Douglas, released a statement detailing some of the things he learned from his late ...
Douglas Mawson 1882–1958; All features of Antarctica listed in one single *.TXT-File, provided by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) In this document, BANZARE appears often, a search for "BANZARE" shows which features BANZARE was involved with.