Home of the Blizzard (1913)

Name: Home of the Blizzard
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1913-07-19

1h 8m

Running Time

Plot.

Frank Hurley (1885-1962) was firmly established by 1925 as Australia's most famous photographer. An artist interested less in expressing human experiences than the grandeur of nature and the romance of exotic lands, his work was known to Australians through books, newspaper features and documentary films. His journeys began in December, 1911 when he joined Mawson's expedition to Antarctica as official photographer; his stills of the Expedition were widely published around the world and this documentary "Home of the Blizzard" was released in 1913.

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Cast & Crew.

Sir Douglas Mawson

Self

Xavier Guillaume Mertz

Self

Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis

Self

Frank Hurley

Director / Producer / Cinematography

Media.

Details.

Release Date
July 19, 1913

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 8m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-05-26

Wiki.

Dr. Mawson in the Antarctic is a 1913 Australian documentary film by Frank Hurley about the Australasian Antarctic Expedition with Douglas Mawson.

It was also known as Home of the Blizzard.

Footage appeared to air in 1912 in cinemas.

The film was successful in England and led to Ernest Shackleton hiring Hurley on Shackleton's expedition which led to the film In the Grip of the Polar Pack Ice.