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DOUGLAS MAWSON

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DOUGLAS MAWSON

AUSTRALIAN SCIENTIST THAT EXPLORED ANTARCTICA

FAMOUS FOR

  • Part of Ernest Shackleton’s expedition to Antarctica to map the Antarctic coastline
  • Included in the first team to climb Mount Erebus-11,482 ft

BORN/DIED

  • Born May fifth, 1882 Shipley, England
  • Died October 14,1958 Adelaide, Australia
Photo by Thomas Lipke

WHAT HAPPENED?

  • He and five men spent two winters in Antarctica
  • He climbed Mount Erebus

THE AURORA

  • The ship that carried Douglas Mawson
  • Part of Shackleton’s expedition

GROUP

  • He took 17 dogs
  • He was accompanied by Dr. Xavier Mertz and Lieutenant Belgrave Ninnis

FUN FACT

WAS NOT SAILING FOR A COUNTRY, WAS SUCCESSFUL IN EXPLORATION, AND EXPLORED FROM 1907-1909

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