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Captain Cook and his crew became the first men to cross the Antarctic Circle.
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John Davis became arguably the first person to land on the continent.
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John Weddell went the farthest south into the Antarctic which is why the Weddell Sea bears his name.
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Carsten Borchgrevink found lichen, the first sign of plant life.
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Adrien de Gerlache and his crew became the first to survive an Antarctic winter.
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Race to the South Pole! Amundsen was first.
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Scott, Oates, Bowers, Wilson and Evans died on the way back to the ship.
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Shackleton's crew reaches the Weddell Sea
