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Period: to
1770
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James Cook crosses the Antarctic circle
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Fabian Von Bellingshausen makes the first sighting
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Captain John Davies
His party were the first ones to spend winter in Antarctica -
A British whaler called James Weddell comes to Antarctica
James Weddell discovers a sea and names it after him (The Weddell Sea) -
James Clark Ross discovers the Ross iceshelf
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Adrian De Gerlache is the first one to survive an Antarctica
Adrian De Gerlache was trapped in a pack of ice -
Carsten Borchgrevenk
Carsten led a British expedition at Cape Adare and built huts at Antarctica -
Captain Scott
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
Mawson raised the flag at the magnetic South Pole -
Roald Amundsen
He and five others land on Antarctica -
Robert Falon Scott
After he reached Antarctica he realises that he was beaten by Roald Amundsen -
Boerge Ousland
Boerge Ousland becomes the first person to cross Antarctica completely unsupported (1996-1997)
