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Whaling and Sealing
Hobart was base for Whaling and Whaling
Returned with Seal skin and Whale oil -
The Heroic era: the explorers
1907 Ernest Shackleton visits Antarctica
He went with several Aussies including Mawson and John Davies
Mawson led a small party which climbed Mt Erebus to reach south magnetic pole
Mawson returned in 1911 and travelled 3000 km of coastline -
Flying Mapping and claiming
Aus pilot George Wilkins was first to explore Antarctica by air in 1928.
1929 Mawson used this info to map Antarctica Coastline -
Science Takes Over
13 Feb 1954 Mawson Station opened
Allowed scientists to conduct experiments easier -
Reaching South Pole
1999 Australian and a New Zealander reached the south pole by foot