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Captain James Cook
Captain James Cook and his crew became the first men to cross the Antarctic circle -
John Davis
John Davis became argubly the first person to land on the coninent. -
John Weddell
John Weddell went the farthest south into the antarctic, whichis why the Weddel Sea bears his name -
Sir James Clark Ross
Sir James Clark Ross seached for the south magnetic pole. -
Adrein de Gerlache
Adrein de Gerlache and his crew became the first to survive an Antarctic winter. -
Scott and Shackleton
Scott and Shackleton and three other men attemted to walk to the South Pole and were unsuccsessful. -
Shackleton
Shackleton almost reached the South Pole on a journey of his own -
Race To Pole
the first successful trip to the South Pole led by Amundsen -
Race to Pole
A British trip to the South Pole was led by Scott. He got there second. -
Scott
Scott died on the way back to the ship
