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Sep 7, 1519
Fernidand Magellan
Fernidand Magellan sails from Spain in search for the Westernly Route to the Indies. Suprisingly he finds a narrow straight through the Pacific Ocean. Soon he sees a little of the edge of Antarctica. -
Jean-Baptiste Bouvet de Lozier
Jean-Baptiste Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet. The island is not sighted again until 1808. Due to significant ice packs, the first landing did not take place. -
Captain James Cook
In 1773 Captain James Cook was the first person with his men, to cross the Arctic Circle. -
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen was the first to see the Antarctic Continent. -
Bellingshausen
Bellingshausen discovers Peters I island and finally circumnavigates Antarctica after Captain James Cook. -
James Weddell
James Weddell sails 74 degrees South. This is the furthest ever someone has gone in those years and we stil bear his name today. -
Ernest Shackleton, Frank Wild, Eric Marshall and Jameson Adams
Robert F. Scott, Edward Wilson and Ernest Shackleton strike out for the South Pole.Two months later they find themselves at 82 degrees south suffering from snow blindness and scurvy. Forced to return home, they cover 3100 miles. -
Douglas Mawson
Douglas Mawson must begin his lone trek across George V Land back to his base at Commonwealth Bay. Mawson's two companions had died and despite the tragedy, he makes it home. A new section of coast is discovered and radio is used for the first time in Antarctica.