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Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS FAA (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was a British-born Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, he was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
Sir Douglas Mawson ( Shipley, 5 maggio 1882 – Brighton, 14 ottobre 1958) è stato un esploratore australiano; guidò una spedizione in Antartide dal 1911 al 1914 . Indice. 1 Biografia. 2 Opere. 3 Onorificenze. 4 Altri progetti. 5 Collegamenti esterni. Biografia. La famiglia di Mawson emigrò in Australia nel 1884.
1 mag 2024 · Douglas Mawson (born May 5, 1882, Shipley, Yorkshire, England—died October 14, 1958, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia) was an Australian geologist and explorer whose travels in the Antarctic earned him worldwide acclaim. An overview of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14), led by Douglas Mawson.
27 gen 2012 · Mawson’s journey has gone down in the annals of polar exploration as probably the most terrible ever undertaken in Antarctica. Douglas Mawson, leader and sole survivor of the Far Eastern...
Home > About Antarctica > History > Pioneers in Antarctica > Douglas Mawson. While undertaking a doctorate at Sydney University, Douglas Mawson joined Ernest Shackleton’s 1907 to 1909 Nimrod expedition as a geologist, his first Antarctic experience.
One of Australia’s greatest Antarctic explorers, Douglas Mawson was responsible for one of the most extreme survival stories of all time. A scientist before all else, he sought information and knowledge rather than fame, fortune or ‘firsts’.
27 feb 2014 · 27 February 2014. SLNSW. Mawson's ship, the Aurora. By Andrew Luck-Baker. BBC News. One hundred years ago this week, Australia's foremost polar explorer, Douglas Mawson, returned home after...
