For many explorers, it was a race to see which expedition would be the first to chart and reach the Earth’s Magnetic South Pole. A conquest finally accomplished by the Nimrod Expedition in 1909. A member of that team, 26-year-old Sir Douglas Mawson also held that honor and place in history. A few short years later Mawson would lead his own expedition team back to that icy coastline, hoping to conduct scientific research and chart new areas.
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SOURCES:
Alone on the Ice
Flaws in the Ice
In Search of the South Pole - Huw Lewis-Jones
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/business/leadership-lessons-from-the-shackleton-expedition.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crevasse
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http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/history/people/douglas-mawson
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