By January 17, 1913, Douglas Mawson, leader of a three-person exploratory party that was one of several elements of his Australasian Antarctic Expedition, had already lost one companion down a ...
On December 14, 1912, Lieutenant Belgrave Ninnis of the Far Eastern Party of the Australasian Antarctic expedition fell through a crevasse and passed away, taking his sled and most of the party's ...
It was December 14, 1912. Thirty years old, already a seasoned explorer, Douglas Mawson was the leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE), a 31-man team pursuing the most ambitious ...