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On the First Of January 1973 Captain Cook became the first person cross the Antarctic CIrcle.
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Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen was the first to spot Antarctica on the 28th of January 1820 but he did not land there.
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Captain John Davis was a sealer who captained a crew who were probably the first people to land on Antarctica. They landed on this day.
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In this year, Robert Falcon Scott left home for his famous Discovery Expedition
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In 1907 Douglas Mawson joined Ernest Shackleton's successful Nimrod expedition
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On this day a race started out of Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen to see who could get to the South Pole first.
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Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole five weeks before Robert Falcon Scott.
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On this day Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole but Roald Amundsen was already there. Scott looks at Amundson's diary entries and admits that Roald Amundsen won.
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On November 29 1929 Richard E Byrd becaame the first person to fly over the South Pole
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On this day Boerge Ousland became the first man to cross Antarctica solo without any help.
