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Douglas Mawson: the survivor

Australia, 1982
film

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 Commonw..

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Mawson - Life and Death in Antarctica

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Mawson Base: face to face

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Beyond the pack ice

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Antarctic summer

Australia, 1974
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Blue Ice

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Breaking the ice

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Journey to Antarctica

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Scientists in the Antarctic

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Foothold on Antarctica

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South with Shackleton (1914)

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Antarctic Pioneers

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Scott of the Antarctic

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Antarctic crossing

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Antarctic man. No. 2. This is not a place for humans

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Across the Antarctica: a transatlantic view

United Kingdom, 1956
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Vostok 900

Australia, 1970
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Ninety degrees south

United Kingdom, 1934
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Endurance

United Kingdom, 1932
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