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Monday, February 27, 2012

Mawson's Hut



Sir Douglas Mawson was an Australian scientist and Antarctic explorer. Watch this clip and leave a comment about your impressions of Antarctic exploration in the early 1900's.

23 comments:

Sophie said...

Hi Mr. Waugh,

I don't have many impressions on this video, but I'm surprised they managed to put a camera crew in that wind!

Anonymous said...

Wow I can't believe how windy it is in Antarctica. So much has stayed the same, and having both of the huts fixed a little bit was a good idea
Lucy

Anonymous said...

Good that they are keeping the place sturdy to show people about how they lived back then
Jake

Kb horsing around said...

Its amazing how they built the hit and they weren't builders, also its sort of funny that when there was a blizzard that they couldn't really walk.

Raina said...

It is amazing that they still have the mawsons hut.
It has been so long.
Raina

Anonymous said...

I think it is a great idea keeping everything strong so people can see what it was like
Lucy

Anonymous said...

I think it is a great idea keeping everything strong so people can see what it was like
Lucy

Anonymous said...

Thats amazing how mawsons hut is so well restored. wonder how it was to live back then.
Blake

Shayla said...

Wow this video is so cool I wonder when they went inside the hut years later they must of found a lot of cool stuff!!!!!

Shayla:):):)

Hayley said...

I agree Jake

Also I think it would be a little bit fun to have stayed in Mawsons hut

Mylee said...

WOW!
I can't believe that was actually the hut that Masson lived in.
To be honest I didn't even know or even heard of Masson until this year when we learned about Antarctica.
How did they got the footage of when they first went to Antarctic in the early years when video was nearly invented?

Mylee😝

Tashi xoxo said...

Wow! It took only 15 days tonbuild something so stable and they weren't even builders!

Anonymous said...

Hi Mr. Waugh, I have already sent you a comment about Mawson's Hut, but I found a really good app. It's called Chalkboard Free. It's another drawing app, but it was just a suggestion.

Thanks,
Sophie

Ella said this !!!!!!!!! said...

Wow I can't believe that Mawsons hut is still there and how people are trying to keep it there so cool

Ella

Anonymous said...

I can't believe that he actuall lived in that hut and that it is still there it was a good idea making the huts stable so people can see what it was like
I am going to ask the same question as Mylee When and where did they get the footage from
Lucy

Emma's comment said...

That is so awesome how they sent people to fix up mawsons. And it is still there just how he left it:)

Emma

Anonymous said...

Dear MrWaugh

I loved it how they rebuilt Maisons hut and when they got there it was covered in ice and also how there are still objects of thins from when they were there.

From Conor

Anonymous said...

Great to see Australian and Antarctic history restored to its former self by a group of people and to see items that where owned and used a hundred years ago and still looking like its former self is amazing.
From Serif

Oliver said...

Wow, that's amazing. Antarctica has such strong winds and the hut is almost as it was 100 years ago. I also think is great that people are helping to preserve such a important part of Australian history and exploration.

⚾Wil🏈🏀™ said...

Dear Mr. Waugh
The movie was very interesting. I never knew that Douglas Mawson brought over to Antarctica scientists who were 20 years old. The scientists made it look so easy to build a house. It was amazing how the house nearly got buried under the snow. I was surprised they left their equipment and research.
From, Wil 😁😖™

Kayla said...

Dear Mr Waugh

that amazing that the hut is still there but they had to fix it a bit.

Anonymous said...

It would have been hard to fix in the cold

Mallika

Anonymous said...

That is awesome the walking they did was a bit weird but I can't believe they survived well most of them

Patty

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