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Heroes all: Meet the 2022 Australian Geographic Society Gala Award winners
Seven awards have been presented to seven amazing Australians.
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Australian Geographic Society Gala Awards 2022: Adventurer of the Year, Lisa Blair
In 2022, Sydney-based sailor Lisa Blair claimed the record for the fastest solo and unassisted circumnavigation of Antarctica. Departing from Albany, Western Australia, on 21 February, the non-stop voyage took Lisa 92 days, 18 hours and 21 minutes to complete – beating the previous world record by 10 days.
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Australian Geographic Society Gala Awards 2022: Lifetime of Conservation, John Wamsley OAM
Utter the name John Wamsley these days and you’ll barely raise an eyebrow. Mention instead the man in the cat-hat and the penny invariably drops.
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Australian Geographic Society Gala Awards 2022: Young Adventurer of the Year, Gabby Kanizay
It was during a family holiday to California’s Yosemite National Park in 2017 that Gabby Kanizay, then 14 years old, became enthralled by the idea of mountaineering, climbing and adventure.
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Australian Geographic Society Gala Awards 2022: Conservationist of the Year, Linda Sparrow
As president of Bangalow Koalas, Linda Sparrow is leading a grassroots conservation movement to create and restore koala habitat in the New South Wales Northern Rivers region.
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World beater: Aussie solo sailor Lisa Blair shares her story
Enormous skill, an indomitable spirit and a passion for the planet sailed this unassuming woman from the Sunshine Coast forever into the record books.
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What more in store for a flooded Moree?
As the flood waters start to abate, residents are left high and dry in their water ravaged homes, and unsure when the next inundation will hit.
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Unspinning the secrets of spider webs
Stronger than steel and more elastic than rubber, spider silk has the potential to transform medicine, engineering, and materials science – if only we learn how to produce it.
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One in a bullion: 150 years since the chance discovery of the Holtermann Nugget
19 October marks the 150th anniversary of the discovery of the Holtermann Nugget, the world’s largest gold specimen.
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NASA’s asteroid deflection mission was more successful than expected
On September 26, after a nine-month journey through the Solar System, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission impacted an asteroid called Dimorphos.