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Antarctic Timeline
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1773
Website = 'http://www.south-pole.com/p0000071.htm'
Captian James Cook and his crew became the first men to cross the Antarctic Circle -
1821
Website = 'http://www.skwirk.com/p-c_s-1_u-21_t-191_c-612/travelling-to-antarctica-past-and-present/nsw/travelling-to-antarctica-past-and-present/current-issues-antarctica/discovery-and-exploration'
Jhon Davis became arguably the first person to land on the continent -
1895
Website = 'http://www.south-pole.com/p0000087.htm'
Carsten Borchgrevink found lichen, the first sign of plant life -
1898
Website = 'http://www.south-pole.com/p0000083.htm'
Aderin de Gerlache and his crew became the first to survive an Antarctic winter -
1901 - 1902
Website = 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_Expedition'
Scott, Shackletonand three other men attempted to walk to the South pole but wereunsuccsessful -
1911
Website = 'http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/roald%20amundsen
Race to the South Pole! Amundsen led the first successful trip -
1911
Website = http://en.paperblog.com/antarctic-history-scott-s-last-journal-entry-172434/'
Scott led a British trip to the South Pole, he got there second -
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1914
Website = 'http://http://www.rmg.co.uk/shackleton' >a</a>
On August the 8th, Shackleton and his crew sailed fromEngland to Antarctica os ship Endurance just before World War I -
1914
Website = 'http://endurancerow.com/ernest-shackleton'
On December 5th, the Endurance leaves the icy island of South Georgia, and reaches the Antarctic Peninsula
