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Captain Cook Crosses Antarctic Circle
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Captain Thaddeus Bellingshausen made the first sighting of the continent
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James Weddell reached 74·25°S in the Weddell Sea
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Antactica was established as a continent by french and americans
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Carsten Borchgrevink landed men at Cape Adare
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Douglas Mawson reaches the South Magnetic Pole
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Roald Amundsen and 4 others dog-sledged to 90°S
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Roald Amundsen reaches the South Pole for the first time.
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The beginning of whaling in the Ross Sea.
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Richard Byrd flewn over over South Pole
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US aircraft lands at South Pole
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Antarctic treaty comes into effect.
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Conrad Shinn establishes a perminint station with runway
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James Ross aboard HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, reached 78·17°S
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Boerge Ousland crosses Antarctica unsupported
