The Mawson Expedition

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🗓️ 17 November 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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The Australasian Antarctic Expedition was a 1911–1914 expedition headed by Douglas Mawson that explored the largely uncharted Antarctic coast due south of Australia. Mawson had been inspired to lead his own venture by his experiences on Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod expedition in 1907–1909. During its time in Antarctica, the expedition's sledging parties covered around 4,180 kilometres (2,600 mi) of unexplored territory, while its ship, SY Aurora, navigated 2,900 kilometres (1,800 mi) of unmapped coastline. Scientific activities included meteorological measurements, magnetic observations, an expansive oceanographic program, and the collection of many biological and geological samples, including the discovery of the first meteorite found in Antarctica. The expedition was the first to establish and maintain wireless contact between Antarctica and Australia. Another planned innovation – the use of an aircraft – was thwarted by an accident before the expedition sailed. The plane's fuselage was adapted to form a motorised sledge or "air-tractor", but it proved to be of very limited use.

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0:00.0	I don't know man. I think I think if you start carrying a gum jibbar, that's like murder
0:06.4	I didn't ask if it was murder. I asked if you had a guy. Oh, yeah, I definitely have a guy. Okay. Yeah
0:13.6	What oh gentlemen?
0:15.6	Mush! Oh right. Okay, recording day. Yeah, right. So Tom and Eli out by what is with all the snow gear?
0:24.4	We are going on an expedition. Don't talk like that. Yeah, so you know how this week
0:29.9	episode is about the Mossin expedition. I do. Yes. So we were thinking why just talk about it when you can you know
0:37.8	Do it do it exactly. Yes, it will be death defying epic and we might not all come back alive guys guys guys
0:46.5	I appreciate the commitment but we're we're not gonna
0:49.7	Explore the great white anything from the studio plus we have like jobs and stuff like you and Tom have jobs
0:55.6	I can do this. I mean, okay, that's fair, but like it's cold up there and they're absolutely zero snacks
1:02.8	Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, no snacks at all zero but no snacks at all
1:08.0	All right, Bosic plan B. Yeah, we have no choice. What's plan B?
1:13.7	We're gonna tell our wives what we think of their friends. Oh, gee, I would stick with the snow
1:18.8	Definitely stay with the snow thing
1:42.5	Hello and welcome to Citation needed the podcast where we choose a subject read a single article about it on Wikipedia
1:48.4	And pretend we're experts because this is the internet. That's how works now. I'm Eli Bosnick and I'll be leading this band of brothers
1:55.2	But first I'll need some fast benders to help me along what Michael fast bender was in band of brothers
2:06.1	I promise it gets funnier the other guys talking. It's funny if it's your first episode just hold on with me
2:12.1	Grizzled sergeant with a heart of gold and the golden sergeant with a heart of gristle see some end
2:16.9	Okay, maybe true, but there's literally no way Tom and I are the same rank. Okay, there's
2:24.6	Still better than commander in chief with the golden shower
2:30.6	And also joining us tonight a man whose nickname on the front line would have been problematic on multiple levels no illusions
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