Antarctic Pioneers (1963)

Genre

documentary film

Country

Australia

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of Australian exploration in Antarctica. It covers early expeditions led by Sir Douglas Mawson and later efforts to set up a permanent base.

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What happens

Antarctic Pioneers is a 1963 Australian documentary about Australia's history of Antarctic exploration from Sir Douglas Mawson's first expedition in 1911, to the 1954 expedition, under Phillip Law, which established a permanent Australian base on the continent. It was part of the Australia Today series. It was narrated by Frank Hurley, who died only a few weeks after the movie's completion. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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