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early explorers

  • sir ernest shackleton

    sir ernest shackleton
    In November 1907 (Sir) Ernest Shackleton, leader of the British Antarctic Expedition, visited Adelaide on his way south. Mawson approached him with a view to making the round trip to Antarctica on the Nimrod.
  • ice caps

    ice caps
    His idea was to see an existing continental ice-cap and to become acquainted with glaciation and its geological consequences.
  • muswon expadishion

    muswon expadishion
    Mawson’s focus was not for wealth or fame, but to advance objective scientific research and discover the truth.