Douglas Mawson

Explorer

Birthday May 5, 1882

Birth Sign Taurus

Birthplace England

DEATH DATE Oct 14, 1958 (76)

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About

Antarctic explorer who wrote the popular book The Home of the Blizzard.

Before Fame

He studied and taught geology at the University of Adelaide.

Trivia

Robert Scott invited him on the famed Terra Nova expedition, but Mawson declined, and planned his own expedition instead.

Family Life

He and his family emigrated from England to Australia when he was young.

Associated With

Roald Amundsen was another key figures in what came to be known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.