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For the ship lost at sea in 1923, see SS Douglas Mawson.

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

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Sir Douglas MawsonOBE FRSFAA^[1][2] (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was a British-born 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.

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Mawson was born in England and was brought to Australia as an infant. He completed degrees in mining engineering and geology at the University of Sydney. In 1905 he was made a lecturer in petrology and mineralogy at the University of Adelaide.

Mawson's first experience in the Antarctic came as a member of Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition (1907–1909), alongside his mentor Edgeworth David. They were part of the expedition's northern party, which became the firs