A Chilling Expedition
01/14/20 • 34 min
For many explorers, it was a race to see which expedition would be the first to chart and reach the Earth’s Magnetic South Pole. A conquest finally accomplished by the Nimrod Expedition in 1909. A member of that team, 26-year-old Sir Douglas Mawson also held that honor and place in history. A few short years later Mawson would lead his own expedition team back to that icy coastline, hoping to conduct scientific research and chart new areas.
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Writing and Research:
Stephanie Moore
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SOURCES:
Alone on the Ice
Flaws in the Ice
In Search of the South Pole - Huw Lewis-Jones
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/business/leadership-lessons-from-the-shackleton-expedition.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crevasse
http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/history/people/douglas-mawson
http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/history/people/douglas-mawson
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-25682462
https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/Douglas-Mawson.php
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For many explorers, it was a race to see which expedition would be the first to chart and reach the Earth’s Magnetic South Pole. A conquest finally accomplished by the Nimrod Expedition in 1909. A member of that team, 26-year-old Sir Douglas Mawson also held that honor and place in history. A few short years later Mawson would lead his own expedition team back to that icy coastline, hoping to conduct scientific research and chart new areas.
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Writing and Research:
Stephanie Moore
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SOURCES:
Alone on the Ice
Flaws in the Ice
In Search of the South Pole - Huw Lewis-Jones
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/business/leadership-lessons-from-the-shackleton-expedition.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crevasse
http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/history/people/douglas-mawson
http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/history/people/douglas-mawson
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-25682462
https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/Douglas-Mawson.php
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https://player.themoth.org/#/?actionType=ADD_AND_PLAY&storyId=1777 (Podcast)
http://www.dockwalk.com/Essentials/Docktalk.aspx?g=posts&t=25288
https://news.wttw.com/2012/09/26/author-laurence-gonzales-surviving-survival
https://keepinitrealevanston.wordpress.com/category/surviving-survival/
https://www.mamamia.com.au/shark-attack-stories/
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/09/08/survive/index.html
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x50mzg2
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