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whalers and sealers have ships returning with whale and seal skins along with whale oil
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Whalers and Sealers begin killing seals and whales for their skins and the oli from whales
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This is the era of explorers where they went and explored countries and journeyed to Antarctica
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Ernest Shackleton a famous British explorer visited Antarctica with several Australians: John King Davis(captain of the ship) and a young geologist named Douglas Mawson. Douglas Mawson’s team became the first to climb Mount Erebus and to reach the South Magnetic Pole.
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Mawson returned as head of the first Australasian Antarctic Expedition mapping over 3000 kilometre of the coastline for the first time.
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Shackleton returned to attempt the first crossing of the continent, Davis was employed as the ship’s captain. Frank Hurley an Australian photographer captured the world’s imagination from his images of this epic adventure
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George Wilkins and Australian pilot became the first to explore Antarctica by aircraft
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people begin exploring the desert by craft
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Mawson used this new technology to map the coastline for the new Australian Antarctic territory.
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Australia opened its first permanent base in Antarctica named after Douglas Mawson, Mawson Station.
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Davis Station was opened in a large ice-free area known as the Vestfold Hills.
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The Casey Station is built
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Law Base opened named after Phillip Law who had been in charge of Australia’s Antarctic program from 1949-1966
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Australian flag is raised over Mawson’s hut on Australia Day
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Two Australians and a New Zealander reached the South Pole on foot as members of the icetrek expedition. Other projects included the restoration of Mawson’s original huts at Commonwealth bay.