Antarctica

Whaling and sealing

Period: Jan 1, 1800 to Jan 1, 1900

Whaling of humpback whales and fur seals.

Ernest Shackleton visited Antarctica

Jan 2, 1907

1907 Ernest Shackleton visited Antarctica with John King Davis and Douglas Mawson and they were the first to visit the south magnetic pole and to climb mount Erebus .

Douglas mawson visits and maps coast.

Mar 2, 1911

Douglas Mawson visits again
and maps 3000 new km of the
coast .

Ernest Shackleton explores and Frank Hurley is made famous by photos

Mar 2, 1914

1914 Ernest Shackleton takes another trip and employs John King Davis as the captain and Frank Hurley as the photographer. The photos of Antarctica make him world famous.

Mawson maps the coast of Australian territory

Mar 2, 1929

1929 Mawson uses this new technology to map the coastline for the new Australian Antarctic territory.

George Wilkins explores by air.

Mar 2, 2016

1928 Australian pilot George
Wilkins is the first to explore
antarctica by aircraft.