Mawson's Travel By CRASTNV15 Mar 6, 1800 Whaling and Sealing 1800-1900 Mar 6, 1900 The Heroic Era: The Explorers 1900-1916 Mar 6, 1907 Famous explorer British explorer Emest Shackleton visited Antarctica 1907 Mar 6, 1907 Douglas Mawson led a group into the south pole 1907 Mar 6, 1911 Mawson returned to Australia 1911 Mar 6, 1914 Emest Shackelton returned to attempt the crossing of the continents 1914 Mar 6, 1928 Australian pilot George Wilkins became the first to explore Antarctica by aircraft 1928 Mar 6, 1929 Mawson mapped the coastline of Antarctica 1929