Mawson,+Sir+Douglas

 || For young Douglas, the deserts and rugged coastline of this ancient continent sparked a fascination for nature and a keeness to learn how the earth was formed. || [] || [] || [] || Chronological reference to people and experiences that influenced the person explaining how they influenced them. || These ranges were partly sculpted by glaciers millions of years ago and he began to wonder about the unexplored frozen land known as Antarctica where glaciers still existed.His first chance to visit this cold continent came when he was twenty-six. He joined an expedition headed by British explorer Ernest Shackleton.The team was the first to climb to the top of Mount Erebus, Antarctica's active volcano, and the first to reach the magnetic South Pole. || [] || [] || [] || [] || [] || Through the early influence of Professor [|Archibald Liversidge], Mawson became a pioneer in the chemical aspects of geology and geochemistry. But the dominant influence was that of Professor [|(Sir) Tannatt Edgeworth David], foremost among workers in the geological sciences in Australia.In 1905 Mawson was appointed lecturer in mineralogy and petrology in the University of Adelaide. He immediately became interested in the glacial geology of South Australia. Also, continuing his interest in radioactivity, he identified and first described the mineral davidite, containing titanium and uranium, in specimens from the region now known as Radium Hill. That deposit was the first major radioactive ore body discovered in Australia. || [] ||  ||  He is most famous for his trips of exploration to Antarctica between 1911 and 1914. It was hard to raise the money for these journeys, but Mawson thought it was important to find out all about Antarctica and for Australians to be involved with it. || [] || [] || [] || Well known persons working at the same time. || His first chance to visit this cold continent came when he was twenty-six. He joined an expedition headed by British explorer Ernest Shackleton.The team was the first to climb to the top of Mount Erebus, Antarctica's active volcano, and the first to reach the magnetic South Pole || [] || [] || [] || Why do their life is regarded as significant and why they are admirable. ||  Mawson was a member of the trio that set out to locate the South Magnetic Pole. On this trip, Mawson, Mackay and David set a record for an unsupported sledge journey (over 2000 km in 122 days). As the trip got more difficult, David gave Mawson the leadership. || [] || [] || [] || Establishes when and where the person died and the effect their work and values had on people. ||  He became (1920) professor of geology and mineralogy at the University of Adelaide, South Australia. Mawson was the leader of the British, Australian, and New Zealand Antarctic Expedition from 1929 to 1931. After 1946 he was a member of the Commonwealth Government's Antarctic Advisory Committee. || [] || [] || [] ||
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 * ^  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 115%;"> Douglas Mawson studied mining, engineering, chemistry and geology at university, and was a lecturer in mineralogy at the University of Adelaide in 1905. In 1907, Mawson was interested in rocks that had been left after glaciers had melted, so he travelled to Antarctica with the British Antarctic group led by Ernest Shackleton. Shackleton offered him a place in the group that was to stay in Antarctica over winter. Mawson accepted, and became an important member of the expedition. ||
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 * ^  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 115%;"> Mawson was a member of the trio that set out to locate the South Magnetic Pole. On this trip, Mawson, Mackay and David set a record for an unsupported sledge journey (over 2000 km in 122 days). As the trip got more difficult, David gave Mawson the leadership, saying later in a ||
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 * ^  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 115%;"> He grew up in Australia and went on to study geology (the science of rocks and how the earth was formed) at the University of Sydney.He later became a professor at the Adelaide University. He was made Sir Douglas by the King in 1914. ||
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 * ^  || And in 1911, when he was thirty years of age, he did just that - as leader of the first Australasian Expedition to Antarctica. His aim was to map and explore the coastal area of Antarctica closest to Australia. ||
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 * ^  || Sir Douglas Mawson (1882-1958), Australian explorer and geologist, born in Bradford, England, and educated at the University of Sydney. He was a member of the scientific staff in the 1907 expedition of the British explorer Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, which came within 179 km (111 mi) of the South Pole. ||
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