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Whaling and Sealing
1800-1900 -
The Heroic Era: The Explorers
1900-1916 -
Famous explorer British explorer Emest Shackleton visited Antarctica
1907 -
Douglas Mawson led a group into the south pole
1907 -
Mawson returned to Australia
1911 -
Emest Shackelton returned to attempt the crossing of the continents
1914 -
Australian pilot George Wilkins became the first to explore Antarctica by aircraft
1928 -
Mawson mapped the coastline of Antarctica
1929