Mawson: Life and Death in Antarctica

  • Rated 4.0 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 2008
  • 1h 25m
  • Documentary
  • History
  • Drama

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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Director
Malcolm McDonald
Starring
Tim Jarvis, William McInnes, John Stoukalo, Jason Stewart

Cast

  • Tim Jarvis

    Tim Jarvis

    Self/Self - Presenter

  • William McInnes

    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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