The NFSA has launched an online Antarctic adventure game using historic Antarctic footage from our collection.

Phillip Law (1912–2010) was born in Tallangatta, Victoria.

He showed early academic ability and, at the age of 16, became a teacher.

Mumble (voiced by Elijah Wood) has been expelled from the colony. His dancing upsets the elders, but he finds that Adelie penguins have a much more open attitude.

After a long winter, Memphis (voiced by Hugh Jackman) prays for the return of the sun. As the thaw begins, the Emperor penguin eggs hatch all over the colony – except for Memphis’s egg.

Xavier Mertz (seated) and Belgrave Ninnis (?) on the ‘Aurora’, mid-1911. ‘The Mawson Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911–1913, Version 2’ 

Timber wharf at Queen’s Pier, Hobart, 1911. ‘The Mawson Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911–1913, Version 2’

The ‘Aurora’ being loaded at a gravel wharf, possibly London, 1911. 'The Mawson Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911–1913, Version 2’.

Fig. 11: Macquarie Island, 1911 or 1912? ‘The Mawson Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911–1913, Version 2’ NFSA: 1356

The ‘Aurora’ making her way down the Derwent River. The shot was taken by a cameraman on board a vessel in the chase flotilla, Hobart, 2 December 1911. ‘Home of the Blizzard’ (1911–1916)