Dogs of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition
id:
dogs-of-the-australasian-antarctic-expedition-259-17319215
title:
Dogs of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition
text:
In common with many of the expeditions of the Heroic Age, Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) employed dog-hauled sledges as a principal means of transportation during exploration of the continent. Dog sledges could carry more weight and travel faster than man-hauled sledges; they were more reliable in the freezing temperatures than motor-sledges; and dogs had proved to be more adaptable to harsh Antarctic conditions than ponies. Mawson purchased fifty sledge dogs from Green
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogs_of_the_Australasian_Antarctic_Expedition
date created:
date modified:
2024-04-24T09:05:36Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q87186214","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q87186214"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Detail_of_the_sledge_dog_Amundsen.jpg","width":572,"height":615}
fields total:
13
integrity:
14