It was 100 years ago today that Australian scientist and explorer Sir Douglas Mawson set sail from Hobart to begin an expedition that would ultimately claim the lives of both of his companions but in so doing secure his place in the annals of Antarctic exploration. On the same day in December 1911, Norwegian explorer

I was sitting quietly in the audience at a sustainability forum last night (the SA DENR’s Stirring the Possum series) when my name was mentioned by a member of the panel. “If Tim Jarvis were here he would be the best person to answer that”. The panellist was responding to a question from the audience