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At this date Captain James Cook sailed around the Arctic circle
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After the first sighting of the last continent in 1820, Antarctic exploration steadily began in earnest as the 19th Century progressed, reflecting in some ways the greater colonial spread, but also differing from the general trend, as its remote location.
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James Weddell sailed with another company aboard their boat Jane they reached to Ross ice shelf.
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Robert joined his first seagoing ship at the age of thirteen.
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Hugh Evans and three other people sledged onto Ross Ice Shelf.
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When he returned from the two-month trip in early 1901. He received word that he had been appointed to junior officer on the Discovery. The Antarctic expedition ship was to be led by Robert Falcon Scott.
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Robert and two other people sledged to Ross Ice Shelf.
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Ernest and the other men sledged to 88.38.
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Roald and three other dog-sledged to 90 degrees selcius.
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Robert and four others sledged to 90 degrees selsius.
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Organization of the naval aviation section of the MacMillan arctic expedition was completed on this very day.
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the first use of balloons In Arctic exploration.
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Richard flew with an aircraft crew, claimed to have flown over the south pole.
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Richard with his crew aboard two aircraft, flew over the south pole from Ross Ice Shelf.
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Conrad with crew went aboard and aircraft, landed at the south pole.
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Robert froze to death on this sad day.
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Ann bancroft was the first women to sail and ski to Antarctica.
