Mawson: Science And Survival

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'Mawson: Science and Survival' is the epic and relatively untold story of one of the Antarctic's most incredible stories of survival - the remarkable ill-fated trek of Douglas Mawson in 1912-13. Sir Douglas Mawson is Australia's greatest ever Polar explorer and the establishment of three scientific bases in the Antarctic and a fourth in the sub-Antarctic on Macquarie Island is his legacy. The fragile wooden buildings that housed the bases - now known as Mawson's Huts - still exist mainly through the efforts of the Mawson Hut Foundation in partnership with the Australian Antarctic Division to conserve them for the Australian people. Produced by Hark Attack for the Mawson's Hut Foundation and narrated by Jack Thompson AM, the documentary includes an interview with the Foundation's Patron the Governor General of Australia Ms Quentin Bryce AC. The documentary also features original footage from Mawson's famous photographer Frank Hurley, and a re-enactment of Mawson's remarkable trek.