Indyplus video: Antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson may have nasty secrets in a new tale of cannibalism
Douglas Mawson was lauded for this extraordinary feat of survival after he became the first Australian to lead an expedition to the frozen continent of Antarctica in 1911.
But a new book suggests the celebrated explorer engaged in cannibalism, deliberately starving one of the expedition members– and eating his flesh. Watch footage of Mawson in the video below:
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