Sir Douglas Mawson Collection

The Northern Party at the South Magnetic Pole, 17 January 1909
The Northern Party at the South Magnetic Pole from Left - Dr. Mackay, Professor David, Douglas Mawson, 17 January 1909. Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922)

The Midwinters Day Feast, June 1908, (1909). The midwinter feast at the Nimrod Hut, Cape Royds. Ernest Shackleton is at the head of the table

Mawsons Chemical Laboratory, c1908, (1909)
Mawsons Chemical Laboratory. The bottles were coated with ice by condensation from the warm, moist air of the hut, c1908, (1909). The frozen laboratory of expedition physicist Douglas Mawson

One Thousand Feet Below The Active Cone, 1908, (1909). Members of the expedition who achieved the first ascent of Mount Erebus, Antarcticas second highest volcano

A dog-team in a tight corner in the Antarctic (b / w photo)
6013858 A dog-team in a tight corner in the Antarctic (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A dog-team in a tight corner in the Antarctic)

Science, Music and Drama (b / w photo)
5988430 Science, Music and Drama (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Science, Music and Drama)

Professor Edgeworth David photographed immediately after hoisting the Union Jack at the South Magnetic Pole
6006366 Professor Edgeworth David photographed immediately after hoisting the Union Jack at the South Magnetic Pole (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Professor David Standing By Mawsons Anemometer, c1908, (1909). Professor Tannatt William Edgeworth David (1858-1934), was Director of Scientific Staff on the Nimrod expedition

The Night-Watchman, c1908, (1909). Physicist Douglas Mawson on nightwatch in the hut at Cape Royds. Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) made three expeditions to the Antarctic

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