Douglas Mawson 2: The Home of the Blizzard

Douglas Mawson has returned from the Shackleton Expedition in Antarctica, but he soon gets the urge to go back to the ice. He journeys to England to raise money for his own Antarctic mission - a scientific endeavour with the primary aim to discover new territory. Guest: Dr David Day (Historian and Emeritus of La Trobe University). Books: Flaws in the Ice: In search of Douglas Mawson (Scribe, 2013) Antarctica: A Biography (Oxford, 2012)

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Douglas Mawson 2: The Home of the Blizzard is an episode from Biography by Matt Smith.

This episode is 29:27 long.

This episode was published on Jun 29, 2016.

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