Antarctica

By COWANJT15

  • Whaling and Sealing

    Hobart was base for Whaling and Whaling
    Returned with Seal skin and Whale oil

  • The Heroic era: the explorers

    1907 Ernest Shackleton visits Antarctica
    He went with several Aussies including Mawson and John Davies
    Mawson led a small party which climbed Mt Erebus to reach south magnetic pole
    Mawson returned in 1911 and travelled 3000 km of coastline

  • Flying Mapping and claiming

    Aus pilot George Wilkins was first to explore Antarctica by air in 1928.
    1929 Mawson used this info to map Antarctica Coastline

  • Science Takes Over

    13 Feb 1954 Mawson Station opened
    Allowed scientists to conduct experiments easier

  • Reaching South Pole

    1999 Australian and a New Zealander reached the south pole by foot