The Douglas Mawson Antarctic Expedition of 1912 is considered one of the most amazing feats of endurance of all time. Although his two companions perished, Douglas Mawson survived, but how? In a bold historical experiment, scientist and adventurer Tim Jarvis is retracing the gruelling experience, with the same meagre rations, primitive clothing and equipment to uncover what happened to Mawson physically — and mentally — as a man hanging on the precipice of life and death.
Directed by Malcolm McDonald
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TrailerMawson: Life and Death in Antarctica (2007) Clip 2
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Cast
Tim Jarvis
Self/Self - Presenter
William McInnes
Self/Self - Narrator (voice)
John Stoukalo
Self/Self - double: Mertz
Jason Stewart
Douglas Mawson
David Ritchie
Douglas Mawson (voice)
Philip Ayres
Self - Mawson Biographer
Iain McGuire
Xavier Mertz
Sir Douglas Mawson
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Haakon Berg
double: Ninnis
David Tingay
Self - Expedition Doctor(as Dr David Tingay)
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