The two caretakers on this Tasmanian island are only used to eight visitors at a time. So it’s a big day when 120 come ...

Aurora Expeditions is adding another expedition ship to its fleet: the Douglas Mawson, named after the British-born Australian geologist who led expeditions to Antarctica in the early 1900s. The ...

Aurora Expeditions celebrated the naming of its newest expedition ship, the Douglas Mawson in Sydney Harbor on December 1, 2025. Emma McEwin, great-granddaughter of the legendary Arctic explorer Sir ...

Captain John King Davis was not hunting leviathans, he was searching for a place to land the second party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. The water was Commonwealth Bay. Beside Davis on the ...

ITINERARIES AND PRICING: Aurora Expeditions' offers a range of Arctic and Antarctic voyages on Douglas Mawson. Its Antarctic voyages range from the 15-day Ushuaia-return Antarctic Feast: Circle in ...

Aurora Expeditions will soon welcome its third purpose-built expedition ship Douglas Mawson to its fleet. Due to begin sailing in late 2025, Douglas Mawson’s inaugural season will also mark Aurora ...