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Name [1] [2] Age [1] Image Role [1] Notes Edward Frederick Robert (Bob) Bage: 23 Astronomer, assistant magnetician, recorder of tides. Member of party that remained for second winter, 1913 [3] Bage served with the Royal Australian Engineers in the First World War, and died at Gallipoli on 7 May 1915.
1929–1931 – British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) – led by Douglas Mawson 1928–1930 – Richard Evelyn Byrd – First expedition 1931 – H. Halvorsen – discovered Princess Astrid Coast
Pages in category "Australian explorers of Antarctica" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Australasian Antarctic Expedition was a 1911–1914 expedition headed by Douglas Mawson that explored the largely uncharted Antarctic coast due south of Australia. Mawson had been inspired to lead his own venture by his experiences on Ernest Shackleton 's Nimrod expedition in 1907–1909.
Further Australian exploration of the Antarctic continent was conducted during the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), which was conducted over the years 1929–1931. [2] The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions were established in 1947 [3] with expeditions to Macquarie Island and Heard ...
Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS FAA [1] [3] (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was a British-born Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, he was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
This list is for recognised pioneering explorers of the polar regions. It does not include subsequent travelers and expeditions. It does not include subsequent travelers and expeditions. Polar explorers
Béchervaise visited American Antarctic bases in 1966 as an Australian observer with Operation Deep Freeze. John Béchervaise returned to the Antarctic on MV Nanok S on her first trip south with ANARE in the summer of 1979–80 which also carried a large contingent of naval personnel. [9] Béchervaise provided his knowledge to the Naval contingent.