Australian aims in the Antarctic

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Campbell, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1949
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Wyatt; Wyatt Earp; Antarc*; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400044594; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400044594

The importance of Australia taking an active interest in her Antarctic Dependencies was strongly urged by Sir Douglas Mawson for several years before the war. Support by the government of the day was evidenced by the fact that the Wyatt Earp was purchased from Lincoln Ellsworth after his return from...