During an expedition to Antarctica in 1912, Mawson’s two companions perished leaving him, ill and weak, to struggle back alone to a base camp at Commonwealth Bay. A reconstruction of the tragic expedition is the pivot of the documentary, which also includes interviews with the explorer-scientist’s daughters, contemporaries and students.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
015831
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Exploration
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Explorers
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Explorers - Antarctica
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Mawson, Douglas, Sir, 1882-1958
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Survival skills
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural history
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Survival (after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.)
Documentary
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Survival (after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.)
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Survival skills
History → Explorers
History → Explorers - Antarctica
History → History
History → Mawson, Douglas, Sir, 1882-1958
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Survival skills
People → Mawson, Douglas, Sir, 1882-1958
Short films
Short films → Short films - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)