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Australiasian Antarctica Expedition
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Commonwealth Bay landing
On January 8th 1912 Mawson and his crew established the main base in commonwealth bay http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/history/people/douglas-mawson -
King George V Land & Coastline
Mawson with three other men on November 10th 1912 left on an expedition east to map Antarctica’s coastline. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nE9erdT0f00 -
Ninnis’ Death
After 5 weeks of successful mapping of Antarctica’s coastline, Mawson and his other 2 expedition members- Xavier Mertz and Belgrave Ninnis- were sledding when Ninnis slipped down a crevasse and died. Taking all of their supplies with him. http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4581021.htm -
Mertz’s Death
On January 8th 1913 after Mertz and Mawson had been struggling on for some weeks and feeding off of husky meat Metz ended up dying of hysteria. https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2005/183/11/mawson-and-mertz-re-evaluation-their-ill-fated-mapping-journey-during-1911-1914 -
Return to Australia
Once Mawson had made his back the Aurora ship departed from Antarctica and made its way back to Australia. Mawson then went onto win numerous awards for his success in mapping Antarctica.
