The Australasian Antarctic Expedition

Mawson, Douglas

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“…Maps drawn then do not allow accurate identification or mapping of floating glaciers. George V Coast was explored and mapped by members of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson (Mawson, 1914). However, the available material provides only a general outline of the Mertz and Ninnis Glacier Tongues observed al those times.…”

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Ice-front change and iceberg behaviour along Oates and George V Coasts, Antarctica, 1912-96

1998

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Ice-front change may well be a sensitive indicator of regional climate change. We have studied the western Oates Coast from Cape Kinsey (158°50' E, 69°19' S) to Cape Hudson (153°45' Ε, 68°20' S) and the entire George V Coast, from Cape Hudson to Point Alden (142°02' E, 66°48' S). The glaciers here drain part of the Dome Charlie and Talos Dome areas (640 000 km2). A comparison between various documents, dated several years apart, has allowed an estimate of the surficial ice discharge, the ice-front fluctuation and the iceberg-calving flux during the last 50 years. The ice-front discharge of the studied coast has been estimated at about 90 ± 12 km3a−1 in 1989-91, 8.5 km3a−1 for western Oates Coast and 82 km3a−1 for George V Coast. From 1962-63 to 1973-74 the floating glaciers underwent a net reduction that continued from 1973-74 to 1989-91. On the other hand, from 1989-91 to 1996 the area of floating glaciers increased. Ninnis Glacier Tongue and the western part of Cook Ice Shelf underwent a significant retreat after 1980 and 1947, respectively. Satellite-image analysis of large icebergs has provided information about ice-ocean interaction and the existence of an “iceberg trap” along George V Coast. A first estimate of the mass balance of the drainage basin of Mertz and Ninnis Glaciers shows a value close to zero or slightly negative.

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Ice-front change and iceberg behaviour along Oates and George V Coasts, Antarctica, 1912-96

1998

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“…The cause of the phenomenally high winds recorded by Sir Douglas Mawson's party at Cape Denison during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-14 (Mawson, 1939), and by the French expedition to Port Martin in 1950-51 (Boujon, 1954) has never been satisfactorily explained. As indicated in the 'E 42 t The station is on lie des Petrels in rArchipel de Pointe Gdologie; approximately 5 km north of the mainland coast and 1.2 km from Glaciaire de 1'Astrolabe.…”

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The problem of the katabatic winds on the coast of Terre Adélie

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Miller²

1967

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The cause of the phenomenally high winds recorded by Sir Douglas Mawson's party at Cape Denison during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–14 (Mawson, 1939), and by the French expedition to Port Martin in 1950–51 (Boujon, 1954) has never been satisfactorily explained. As indicated in the Table, the annual mean wind recorded at those stations, 71·1 and 64·6 km per h respectively, is about 70 per cent greater than recorded elsewhere around the coast at stations fully exposed to katabatic flow, notably Mirny and Mawson. Admittedly, the total number of coastal stations is small, considering the length of the Antarctic coastline, and one cannot exclude the possibility that similar very strong winds prevail in other places. Nevertheless, the figures for Cape Denison and Port Martin are notable, if not unique, and the question arises why this should occur on the coast of Terre Adélie.

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“…From the early stages of his planning, Mawson intended to include dogs as part of the AAE (Mawson 1909–1912). He believed they could be bred and trained in the Antarctic to provide an efficient mode of transport in the regions in which he intended to conduct his research (Mawson 1910).…”

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The dogs of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911–1914

Riffenburgh¹

2012

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Fifty dogs were ordered from Greenland for use on Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911)(1912)(1913)(1914). Twenty-one more were later donated to the expedition by Roald Amundsen, when he reached Hobart after his successful attainment of the South Pole. Numerous pups were born during the expedition. This note gives the details of the individual dogs during the expedition, including their names (and why they were so named), descriptions (when known), and fates.

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The Australasian Antarctic Expedition

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Ice-front change and iceberg behaviour along Oates and George V Coasts, Antarctica, 1912-96

Ice-front change and iceberg behaviour along Oates and George V Coasts, Antarctica, 1912-96

The problem of the katabatic winds on the coast of Terre Adélie

The dogs of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911–1914

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