The expedition's other main accomplishments included the first ascent of Mount Erebus, and the discovery of the approximate location of the South Magnetic Pole, reached on 16 January 1909 by Edgeworth David, Douglas Mawson, and Alistair Mackay.
S tako raziskavo se želi ugotoviti, ali je eksperimentalno zdravljenje boljše od »nespecifičnega«, ki ga predstavlja placebo.