The last expedition to protect the isolated Antarctic huts at Cape Denison took place in 2015. Expedition members will work to remove ice and snow that settled in the old cabins. (Photo: David Killick) On December 3, 2021, six expedition members left for Antarctica...
Xavier Mertz is on 6 October 1882 in Basel. Mertz was a Swiss explorer who became known mainly as an expedition member under Douglas Mawson with the Aurora. Xavier Mertz died on January 7, 1913, returning to the base station of the Mawson Expedition in George V...