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Captain James Cook was born on the 7 of November 1728 arrived/discovered antarctica on the 17th of July 1772 and he returned home in 1775. He curcumnavigated Antarctica in a ship called the Resolution
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William Smith, and James Bransfield discovered the South Shetland Islands.
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More expeditions came, they where British, French, American, and Russian explorers. They came mainly for whaling. The whaling ended in 1990
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Sealer James Wenddell from Britain discovered the Wendell Sea by heading even further south.
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John Biscoe curcumnavigated Antarctica in the Tula on the 1st of January 1832
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Dummont D'urville sailed a french ship called the Astrolabe and discovered Adelie Land
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Sir James Clark Ross (sailed 2 ships, one called Terror and one called Erebus) discovered the Ross Sea and the Ross ice shelf.
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The Australian Antarctic Exploration Commitee is formed
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Roald Amunsen died on the 1st of January 1886
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Henryk Bulk and scientist Louis Bernacchi are the first to set foot on Antarctica
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Roald Amundsen comes south in his ship called the Fram to reach the south pole first.
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Scott returns to Antarctica and reaches the South Pole only weeks after Amundsen.
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Douglas Mawson leads an expedition to Antarctica
