Douglas Mawson
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Description: Profile of the Antarctic explorer and information about the Australasian Antarctic Expedition.
Antarctic Explorers: Douglas Mawson heroic effort to attain the South Pole, the whole world stood by in anticipation as announced their plans to conquer the extremes and grab the prize at 90°S. As their bases were being established in 1911, Australian geologist Douglas Mawson was quietly organizing an Australasian expedition to chart the 2000-mile coastline directly south of Australia. The great span between Cape Adare, lying to the south of New Zealand, and Gauss Berg, lying south of the Indian Ocean, was virgin land virtually unexplored. Mawsons' plans were first exposed during a trip to Europe in February 1910 when discussions were held with Robert Scott. Scott was eager to include Mawson in the
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