Douglas Mawson

Douglas Mawson

Sir Douglas Mawson, OBE, FRS, FAA (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and Academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton, Mawson was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

Read more about Douglas Mawson:  Early Work, Australasian Antarctic Expedition, Home of The Blizzard, Later Life

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