Visit the history of Antarctica  for a complete visual layout of 

Antarctica's fascinating past.  From the continent's first sighting  

through explorer accounts,  station building, claims, treaties and tragedies

Amundsen - Scott
             

Within eighty five miles of their destination, the Antarctic continent their ship Endurance was trapped and slowly crushed by pack ice. With no communication to the outside world their ordeal would last twenty months.

Race For The South Pole  

  Belgica Expedition - 1897

This expedition successfully achieved two main objectives; the very first scientific research program carried out in this part of the globe and also the first expedition that spent the polar night caught among the ice blocks.

Sir Douglas Mawson
                     (1882-1958)

is Australia's most renowned Antarctic scientist and explorer.
In 1911 Mawson organized and commanded the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE 1911-14) and was the sole survivor of a three-man sledging journey that ended tragically. Mawson was knighted in recognition of his leadership of this expedition