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Captain James Cook disscovered and lead an expedition in July, 1772 in Antarctica. He then returned back to Australia in January 1775.
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Captain Fabian Von Bellingshausen of the Russian Navy, is the first to see Antarctica from his ship, the Vostok.
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Beginning in 1829 there were several British, French , American and russian explorers, but starting around 1840 there was little work done in the Antarctic for more than 50 years.
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Australian Antarctic Exploration Comitee was fromed.
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Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amudsen raced to the South Pole in 1912. Sadly, Robert did not make it back home alive.
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SIr. Douglas Mawson lead an expedition from 1929 to 1930 and 1930 to 1931.
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1955 was the first time someone took a long distant flight from New Zealand to Antarctica.
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In 1959 in Antarctica a Treaty was desiged to say what you can and cannot do, this Treaty entered into force in 1961.
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