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Mawson may refer to:

Sir Douglas Mawson, Antarctic explorer
Mawson Station, Antarctic base named after him
the Mawson Trail, a walking trail in South Australia
the Antarctic cod is sometimes known as Mawson's cod
Thomas Mawson, successful urban designer and town planner in Europe, Canada, and the USA. Famous for his concept The Civic Centre of Calgary as It May Appear Many Years Hence.

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Douglas Mawson (236 words)
	In 1907, Mawson joined an expedition to Antarctica led by Ernest Shackleton, as a scientific officer, and was one of the first to ascend Mount Erebus and get close to the South magnetic pole.
	A disastrous turn of luck led to his enduring several weeks alone with minimal supplies, after the loss of his companions, and on his return he was too late to be picked up by ship and was forced to remain in Antarctica until early 1914.
	Mawson pursued his academic studies, taking further expeditions abroad, including a joint British, Australian and New Zealand expedition to the Antarctic in 1929-1931.

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