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Captain James Cook and his Crew
Captain James Cook and his crew became the first men to cross the Antarctic circle. -
Captain William Smith
First sighting of the Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands by British Capt. William Smith. -
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
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Captain Nathaniel Palmer
Palmer Land discovered by American Capt. Nathaniel Palmer. -
Captain John Davis
U.S. Capt. John Davis makes first known landing on the continent at Hughes Bay on Antarctic Peninsula. -
Captain John Biscoe
First sighting of the Antarctic continent in the Indian Ocean sector (Enderby Land) by British Capt. John Biscoe, in the Tula and Lively. -
Captain John Balleny
First landing south of the Antarctic Circle by British Capt. John Balleny in the Eliza Scott, discovered and landed on the Balleny Islands. -
Sir James Clark Ross
First ever to enter the Ross Sea by British explorer Sir James Clark Ross in the ship Erebus. -
Captain Mercator Cooper
First landing on Greater Antarctica (Victoria Land) by American Captain Mercator Cooper in the Levant. -
Carsten Borchgrevink
Carsten Borchgrevink made the first landing on Antarctica since Davis. Three years later he led the first party to winter on the continent. -
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First Permanent Scientific Station
First permanent scientific station established in the Antarctic, at Laurie Island, South Orkneys by the Scottish National Antarctic expedition under William Speirs Bruce. -
Argentina
Argentina began to occupy Antarctic lands when purchasing the meteorological station belonging to the Scottish Dr. Bruce, on Laurie island, South Orkney islands. -
Roald Amundsen
Roald Amundsen reaches the South Pole -
Amundsen Reaches Soth Pole
Roald Amundsen of Norway reaches the South Pole; on 18 Jan 1912 U.S. Capt. Robert Scott located the South Pole but died on the return trip. -
Richard E. Byrd - First Flight
U.S. explorer Richard E. Byrd made the first flight over the South Pole from Little America Base. -
First Permannt Sation
First permanent station at South Pole built (Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station). -
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67 Nations Research Environment
International Geophysical Year (IGY), scientists of 67 nations research the environment. -
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First Successful Land Traverse
First successful land traverse of Antarctica by British Commonwealth Transantarctic expedition under Vivian Fuchs. Weddell Sea to Ross Sea via the South Pole. -
South Geomagnnetic Pole Reached
South Geomagnetic Pole reached for the first time by a tractor traverse by the Soviet Union. -
Antarctic Treaty
The Antarctic Treaty was signed. -
Treaty went into Action
The Treaty entered into force. -
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World Park Base
World Park Base - a non-governmental year-round base located at Cape Evans on Ross Island in the Ross Dependency established by Greenpeace. -
Secretariat of Antarctic Treaty
Secretariat of Antarctic Treaty inaugurated.
