English-born Australian geologist and explorer Douglas Mawson,…
1914 CE
English-born Australian geologist and explorer Douglas Mawson, who accompanied Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 1907—09 Antarctic expedition, heads the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911—14.
The expedition charts previously unexplored coastal regions and mounts many inland sled excursions.
Mawson is knighted following his return.