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-1900 Whaling and sealing
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The Heroic Era: The Explorers
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Famous British explorer Emest Shackleton visited Antarctica.
Famous explorer British explorer Emest Shackleton visited Antarctica. -
Douglas Mawson led a small party and they became the first to climb Mount Erebus and the first to reach the South Pole.
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Mawson returned as the head of the first Australasian Antarctic Expedition.
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Emest Shackleton returned to attempt the first crossing of the continent.
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Australian pilot George Wilkins because the first to explore Antarctica by aircraft.
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Mawson mapped the coastline of the new Australian Antarctic territory.
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-1966 Phillip Law was in charge of Australia’s Antarctic program and was named after Law Base.
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Australian opened its first permanent base in Antarctica, Mawson Station.
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Davis Station was opened.
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Casey Station was built.
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Law Base was opened.
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Two Australians and one New Zealander reached the South Pole on foot.