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Captain cooks discovery
Captain Cook found Antarctica. Crossed the Antarctic circle in his big wooden ship. Which had supplies and crew members. -
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William Smith and James Bransfield discovery
William Smith and James Bransfield discovered the south Shetland islands. They also discovered the shore of the Antarctic peninsula. -
sealer James Weddell discovery
He discovered the Weddell Sea by going further south. -
sealer John Biscoe
He circum navigated antarctica in the Tula. -
Dumont D'Urville
He travelled here i n his ship the Astrolabe and discovered Adelie land. -
Sir James Clark Ross
he discovered the Ross sea, the Ross ice shelf, Victoria land and Mount Erebus. -
James Clark Ross
Ross crossed the antarctic circle. -
the Australian Antarctic Exploration comittee was formed.
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Robin Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen
An expidition led by Scott traveled to Antarctica for scientific reasons. Roald arrived at the South Pole. -
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Ernest Shackleton expidition
Shackleton, his crew and his ship Endurance got stuck in the ice and got crushed, -
Richard Byrd(US navy)
Richard flew to the south pole and back in a three engine fokker called the Floyd Bennet. He went really heigh due to throwing all emergency food out of the plane. -
Noweign leader claims an island.
noweign leader Lars Christensen claims the island of Bouvetoya. -
James Clark Ross
Ross planned an expidition to the Antarctic circle. -
International geophysical year
This science project lasted from July the 1st 1957 till December the 1st 1958. It marked the end long period in the cold war. -
Plane crash
A plane known as 321 crashed on take off in east Antarctica. -
Roald Amundsen's death
Roald the first man in Antarctica died in this year.
