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Encounters: DOUGLAS MAWSON & SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC.
Encounters: DOUGLAS MAWSON & SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC.
- Source :
- Monthly: Australian Politics, Society & Culture; Jul2010, Issue 58, p74-74, 1p, 1 Illustration
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- The article focuses on the expedition of Australian Douglas Mawson under the two-year contract of renowned Robert Falcon Scott in December 1911 at the South Pole in Antarctica. It cites the fund raising campaign launched initiated by Mawson for the expedition. It states the 22-volume data collected by Mawson during his two-year expedition. It states that Mawson conducted another exploration in 1929-1931, which he found that the continent was comprised of 42% British.
- Subjects :
- ANTARCTIC exploration
FUNDRAISING
EXPLORERS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 18323421
- Issue :
- 58
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Monthly: Australian Politics, Society & Culture
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 53157019