Douglas Mawson

  • 1909

    Douglas reaches the area of the Magnetic Pole with David Edgeworth and Alistair Mackay.
  • 1911

    1911 Aboard the SY Aurora, Douglas leads the Australasian Antartica Expedition to explore Antartica, taking his own team of researchers and scientists.
  • 1912 (January)

    The team reaches Commonwealth Bay, where they establish their own base.
  • 1912 (November)

    Douglas sets off with Mr Xavier Mertz and Belgrave Ninnis to explore unknown land to the east. He is the only surviver.