Antarctica Timeline By aveniegra Period: Jan 1, 1800 to Jan 1, 2000 Antarctica Jan 26, 1820 Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen spotted Antarctica Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen spotted Antarctica Feb 7, 1821 John Davis was the first person to land on Antarctica Mar 10, 1841 Sir James Clark Ross searched for the Magnetic South Pole Jan 1, 1895 Carsten Borchgrrvink found lichen, the first sign of planet life Jul 31, 1901 Scott and Shackleton tryed walking to South Pole but was unsuccesful Aug 7, 1907 Shackleton almost reached South Pole on his own Dec 14, 1911 Roald Amundsen was the first person to reach South Pole Dec 20, 1911 Robert Falcon Scott was the second person to reach South Pole Mar 29, 1912 Scott died on his way back to his ship Aug 8, 1914 Ernest Shackleton and his members sailed from Engalnd to Antarctica. His ship was called the Endurance Voyage Dec 5, 1914 The Endurance arrived Jan 19, 1915 The Endurance got stuck in ice on the edge of Weddell Sea but the ice eventually crashed and Shackleton and his members abandoned the ship Oct 30, 1915 A walk with 28 men began Nov 1, 1915 The walk ended Nov 21, 1915 The Endurance sank Jan 1, 1916 Shackleton gets help from his men in South Georgia Jan 1, 1917 Shackleton went back to England Jan 1, 1940 The first settlement happened Jan 1, 1961 Antarctica was signed by many Nations