Penguins in antarctica

Antarctic Exploration

By nannanancy

  • Captain Cook

    Captain Cook
    Captain James Cook and his crew become the first known Europeans to cross the Antarctic Circle. Pack ice and the ship's sails freezing caused him to be forced to stop exploring Antarctica further.

  • John Davis

    John Davis
    John Davis arguably becomes the first person to land in Antarctica

  • John Weddell

    John Weddell
    John Weddell travels the furthest south in Antarctica therefore the Weddell Sea is named after him.

  • Carsten Borchgrevink

    Carsten Borchgrevink
    Carsten Borchgrevink is the first person to find plant life in Antarctica. He finds lichen.

  • Race to the geographical South Pole

    Race to the geographical South Pole
    Roald Amundsen is the first person to succeed in finding the geographical South Pole, beating Robert Falcon Scott and his Terra Nova Expedition who got to the South Pole after Amundsen. All members of theTerra Nova Expedition died in Antarctica.

  • The Endurance

    The Endurance
    Shackelton's ship 'The Endurance' gets frozen in the ice on the edge of the Weddell Sea.

  • The Endurance

    The Endurance
    After the crew abandoning their ship, The Endurance finally sinks.

  • First permanent settlement

    First permanent settlement
    In the early 1940s, the first permanent settlement was made in Antarctica. (Please note that while the picture is of a permanent settlement in Antarctica, it is not the first.)

  • The Antarctic Treaty

    The Antarctic Treaty
    The Antarctic Treaty comes into effect, after being signed in 1959 by many nations, who pledged to use Antarctica for scientiffic studies only.

  • Scientists

    Scientists
    Scientists find out that the ozone layer in the Earth's stratosphere is being polluted.