Mawson - Life and Death in Antarctica

Australia, 2008

Film

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The Douglas Mawson Antarctic Expedition of 1912 is considered one of the most amazing feats of endurance of all time. Although his two companions perished, Douglas Mawson survived, but how? In a bold historical experiment, scientist and adventurer Tim Jarvis is retracing the gruelling experience, with the same meagre rations, primitive clothing and equipment to uncover what happened to Mawson physically-and mentally-as a man hanging on the precipice of life and death.

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Collection

Not in ACMI's collection

Credits

producer

Richard Dennison

Duration

01:25:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
2008

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-100022

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Drama

History

TMDB-Movie

100022

Wikidata

Q121809379

Collected

1 times

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