For Greg Mortimer OAM, the arrival of Aurora Expedition’s newest vessel marks not only a significant milestone in the ...

Aurora Expeditions launched its latest luxury polar expedition cruise ship in Hobart today ahead of the vessel’s maiden voyage. Named after famed Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson, the ...

Aurora Expeditions’ new ship will take guests on adventures befitting its name. The Australian-owned company will add a new purpose-built small ship, Douglas Mawson, to its fleet next year, Aurora ...

Emma McEwin, great-granddaughter of the legendary Arctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson, officially named the vessel by breaking ...

Last week, a 36-person team led by Chris Turney, an Australian adventurer and climate scientist, set out from New Zealand to retrace the historic journey of a scientific expedition to Antarctica that ...

The cold seeps through every page of “Alone on the Ice.” Author David Roberts’ descriptions of men trying to sleep in thin, wet sleeping bags in subzero temperatures — with only a canvas tent to ...

Exploration still has its challenges, as the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) team learned when they ran into the teeth of a gale. As they sailed for home aboard the Russian research vessel ...