Antarctica

1770

Period: Jan 1, 1770 to Mar 21, 2015

James Cook crosses the Antarctic circle

Jan 17, 1773

Fabian Von Bellingshausen makes the first sighting

Jan 27, 1820

Captain John Davies

Feb 7, 1821

His party were the first ones to spend winter in Antarctica

A British whaler called James Weddell comes to Antarctica

Feb 20, 1823

James Weddell discovers a sea and names it after him (The Weddell Sea)

James Clark Ross discovers the Ross iceshelf

Feb 23, 1842

Adrian De Gerlache is the first one to survive an Antarctica

Feb 28, 1898

Adrian De Gerlache was trapped in a pack of ice

Carsten Borchgrevenk

Jan 23, 1899

Carsten led a British expedition at Cape Adare and built huts at Antarctica

Captain Scott

Mar 7, 1902

Capain Scott set a record of marching 82 degrees south on the south pole but after two months he, and his party (Ernest Shackleton and Edward Wilson) were forced to return due to the snow blindness and signs of scurvy.

Douglas Mawson

Jan 16, 1909

Mawson raised the flag at the magnetic South Pole

Roald Amundsen

Dec 14, 1911

He and five others land on Antarctica

Robert Falon Scott

Jan 18, 1912

After he reached Antarctica he realises that he was beaten by Roald Amundsen

Boerge Ousland

Jan 18, 1997

Boerge Ousland becomes the first person to cross Antarctica completely unsupported (1996-1997)