Explorer and geologist Sir Douglas Mawson made his name on trips to Antarctica, which he first visited with Shackleton’s 1907 expedition.

Born in Shipley Fields Road, Frizinghall, in 1882, he attended both Bingley and Bradford grammar schools before moving to Australia with his parents.

Following his first expedition to the Antarctic wilderness, he turned down an offer to join Captain Scott’s visit, choosing instead to set out on his own voyage in 1911 to chart a 2,000-mile stretch of the Antarctic coastline and reach the South Pole.

The expedition saw him struggle along for 30 days after one of his companions fell down a hidden crevasse and a second died from a lack of food.

The man known as the “modern Columbus” returned to the continued in 1926 in Scott’s former ship, The Discovery, equipped with a small aeroplane to help maintain contact between the boat and land.

Sir Douglas died at his home in Brighton in 1958 at the age of 76.

His image also appeared on the Australian 100 dollar note from 1984 to 1996.