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explorer- Douglas Mawson

Information- After Shackleton's heroic effort to attain the South Pole, the whole world stood by in anticipation as Scott and Amundsen announced their plans to conquer the extremes and grab the prize at 90°S. As their bases were being established in 1911, Australian geologist Douglas Mawson was quietly organizing an Australasian expedition to chart the 2000-mile coastline directly south of Australia. The great span between Cape Adare, lying to the south of New Zealand, and Gauss Berg, lying south of the Indian Ocean, was virgin land virtually unexplored. Mawsons' plans were first exposed during a trip to Europe in February 1910 when discussions were held with Robert Scott. Scott was eager to include Mawson in the //**TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION**// as Mawson had certainly proved his tenacity when he forced his way along an unforgiving route to the South Magnetic Pole on Shackleton's //**NIMROD EXPEDITION**//. However, an inclusion of Mawsons' plans was simply out of the question as Scott's itinerary was already full. After speaking with Shackleton, Mawson had to decline Scott's offer

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