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400 B.C. Greeks came up with the name Antarctica
The Ancient Greeks suggest that a southern continent exists. -
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Antarctica named
Antarctica is named by the Greeks -
Captain Cook found Antarctica
In January Captain James Cook crossed the Antarctic circle -
First people to see Antarctica
Russia’s Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, England’s Edward Branfield and the U.S.’s Nathaniel Palmer all claim the title first people to see Antarctica. -
James Weddell discovers the Weddell Sea
British Whaler James Weddell discovers the sea named after him, the Weddell Sea -
Antarctica proved a continent
American Charles Wilkes proves Antarctica is a continent rather than a group of islands by sailing along more than 1,500 miles of coast. -
Adrien De Gerlache trapped in ice
Adrien de Gerlache's crew became trapped in a pack of ice -
Captain Scott leads his first Antarctic expedition
The UK's Captain Scott leads his first Antarctic expedition to try to reach the South Pole with Ernest Shackleton and Edward Wilson -
Ernest Shackleton leads the expedition
Ernest Shackleton leads the expedition to within 156 km/ 97 miles to the South Pole -
Douglas Mawson reaches the South Pole
Australian Douglas Mawson reaches the South Magnetic Pole -
Roald Amundsen leads a 5 man expeditions
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen discovers the South Pole. -
Captain Robert Falcon Scott reached the South Pole
Captain Robert Falcon Scott reached the South Pole and realised he had been beaten by Amundsen -
Ernest Shackleton returns to Antarctica
His goal was to cross Antarctica but sadly, their trip got crushed in sea ice and rescued in 1917 -
Sir Hubert Wilkins and Carl Benjamin Eilson fly over Antarctica
Australian Sir Hubert Wilkins and American Carl Benjamin Eilson are first to fly over Antarctica and arount the Peninsula Region -
Caroline Mikkelsen is the first women to set foot in Antarctica
Norwegian Caroline Mikkelsen is the first women to set foot in Antarctica when she accompanies her husband, a whaling captain. -
US sends the largest expedition
The US sends the largest ever expedition of 4700 men, 13 ships and 23 planes. most of the coast was photographed for map making -
US aircraft lands in the South Pole
First people there since Sott in 1912 -
International Geophysical Year (IGY)
12 nations establish over 60 stations -
Antarctic Treaty signed
12 countries sign the Antarctic Treaty in Washington D.C. It states that the land is only to be used for peaceful purposes -
Boerge Ousland is the first person to cross Antarctica unsupported
It took him 64 days from Berkner Island to Scott base towing 180 kg sled and using skis and a sail -
A chunk of ice seperated
A chunk of ice about the size of Rhode Island separates from the Larsen B Ice Shelf. -
The International Polar Year
It goes over two years so the researches have research in the polar region. -
A 160-square-mile block of ice breaks off
A 160-square-mile block of ice breaks off from the Wilkins Ice Shelf, in western Antarctica.