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The World’s Greatest Survival Story: Douglas Mawson Alone in the Artic

The World’s Greatest Survival Story: Douglas Mawson Alone in the Artic. The Summary.

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The World’s Greatest Survival Story: Douglas Mawson Alone in the Artic

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  1. The World’s Greatest Survival Story: Douglas MawsonAlone in the Artic

  2. The Summary • Douglas Mawson was an Australian Explorer who volunteered to travel and record his findings throughout the unknown and harsh artic. His team of 3 men were successful until one of the men fell into a crevasse, a hole in the ice, along with their best dogs and all of their supplies. Douglas and Mertz, his best companion, then attempted to make it back to his camp hundreds of miles away , but fell victim to all types of disease, including starvation and snow blindness. • The two were in constant pain and forced to kill and eat their dogs to survive. Eventually, Mertz lost his mind and had fits of madness, then died, leaving Mawson alone, for more than a month. He endured unimaginable temperatures, eroding of his body, dangling from cliff tops, and starvation, holding onto hope and faith in God, until he finally made it back, just a few hours after his boat left. He was forced to stay another winter at camp until he went home to his wife and country, a national hero.

  3. . DocumentaryThere has been little work done in the fictional realm in re-creating Mawson’sstory, however, a few documentaries have been made including one from National Geographic.

  4. Books “The Life of an Explorer” by Lincoln Hall “The Home of the Blizzard” by Douglas Mawson

  5. Photographs

  6. Photographs Many of the pictures taken by Sir Mawson were lost during the journey. Through photos we can identify who he is and the type of journey he endured.

  7. Memorial After Sir Mawson had passedhe was awarded a memorial bustwhich is now on display in Adelaide, Australia.

  8. The EndBibliography • http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2012/01/the-most-terrible-polar-exploration-ever-douglas-mawsons-antarctic-journey/ • http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/125-mawson-trek/roberts-text • http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/specials/nat-geo-live-specials/roberts-antarctica-lecture-nglive2/ • Pictures: Google Images

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