Douglas Mawson, Australian geologist, academic, and explorer (born 1882)

Douglas Mawson

Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882–1958)

Sir Douglas Mawson was an 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.