 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Douglas Mawson akanga aperekedza Ernest Shackletons 190709 British Antarctic Expedition. Pamwe chete naEdgeworth David naAlistair Mackay, akanga ave ari rutivi rwenzendo dzokutsvedza dzinotakurwa nomunhu, wokutanga kusvika munharaunda yeSouth Magnetic Pole. Paakadzoka kubva kuAntarctica, akatangazve basa rake somudzidzisi wegeology paUniversity of Adelaide. Pasinei nechipiriso chakabva kuna Robert Falcon Scott chokubatana neTerra Nova Expedition yakekuti asvike Geographic South Pole, Mawson akatanga kuronga rwendo rwake rwokuAntarctic. Zvirongwa zvaMawson, izvo zvakatungamirira kuAustralasian Antarctic Expedition, zvaifunga nezvezvivako zvitatu zviri mukondinendi yeAntarctic, pamwe chete vachiongorora chikamu chikuru chemhenderekedzo yegungwa iri kumaodzanyemba kweAustralia. Akataura naShackleton, uyo haana kungobvumirana nezano rake chete asi akanga akagadzirira kutungamirira rwendo rwacho iye pachake. Kunyange zvazvo Shackleton akarega kuita basa racho muna December 1910, akaramba achibatsira Mawson pakuita kuti vanhu vazive nezvake uye pakuunganidza mari. 