Indyplus video: Antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson may have nasty secrets in a new tale of cannibalism

Sunday 03 November 2013 21:37 GMT

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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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