Douglas Mawson

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

Sir Douglas Mawson (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and academic. He is known for being a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton (with whom he undertook the Nimrod Expedition in 1907–1909). However, most of his geological work was undertaken in South Australia, in particular the Precambrian rocks of the Flinders Ranges.

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