Mawson: Life and Death in Antarctica

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.

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  Malcolm McDonald

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  Tim Jarvis
  Presenter
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  William McInnes
  Douglas Mawson (voice)
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  John Stoukalo
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  Jason Stewart
  Douglas Mawson
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  David Ritchie
  Douglas Mawson (voice)
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  Philip Ayres
  Self - Mawson Biographer
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  Iain McGuire
  Xavier Mertz
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  Sir Douglas Mawson
  Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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  Haakon Berg
  double: Ninnis
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  David Tingay
  Self - Expedition Doctor(as Dr David Tingay)