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2 unusual facts about Alistair Mackay


Alistair Mackay

The following spring when Shackelton set off to attempt to reach the South Pole, he despatched Mackay, Mawson and Edgeworth David northward to reach the South Magnetic Pole which lay approximately 650 km north-north-west of Ross Island.

In March 1908 along with Mawson and David, Mackay made up the party who undertook the first ascent of Mount Erebus.



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