Alistair Mackay

Alistair Mackay was a Scottish doctor and polar explorer. He was one the trio of explorers, along with Douglas Mawson and Professor Edgeworth David, who became the first humans to reach the South Magnetic Pole.

Personal facts

Alistair Mackay
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1878
Birth place
Scotland
Nationality
Scotland
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1914
Place of death
Arctic Ocean
Known for
Mount Erebus
South Magnetic Pole

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External resources

  1. http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/Ernest%20Shackleton_Nimrod_expedition.htm