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Captain James Cook and his crew became the first men to cross the Antarctic circle.
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John Davis became arguably the first person to land on the continent.
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John Weddell went the farthest into the Antarctic, which is why the Weddell Sea bears his name.
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Scott and Shackleton and three other men tried to walk the South Pole and were unsuccessful.
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Race to the South Pole! The first successful trip was led by Amundsen.
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A British trip to the South Pole was led by Scott. He got there second.
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Scott died on his way back to his ship.
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On August 8th 1914, Shackleton and his crew sailed from England to Antarctica just before World War I started.
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On December 5th 1914, the Endurance leaves the icy island, South Georgia, and reaches the Antarctic Penninsula.
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The Endurance is frozen in the ice on the edge of the Weddell Sea.
