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capton robert falcon scott
Captain Robert Falcon Scott leads is very first Antarctic expedition to try and reach the south pole.He takes Ernest Shackleton and Edward Wilson with him.They are forced to turn back 2 months later having reached 82 degrees south,with scurvy and snow blindness. -
enrist shacklton
Ernest Shackleton leads his own expedition to within 156km of the south pole.He turns back though after his supplies are exuasted. -
Roald Amundsen
Roald Amundsen leads a five man expedition.They reach the south pole for the first time. -
sir douglas mawson
Both hi commpanions had died and finally he makes it home.A new section of the coast has been discovered and radio is used for the first time in Antarctica. -
Shacklton
Ernest Shackleton returns to Antarctica to attemp to complete the first crossing of the continent.He does not acheive his goal,but one of the greatest adventures of all time follows.Their ship is crushed in the sea iceand a small party sets out for south Georgia and the whaling station.The party is eventually rescued in 1917. -
anntarctic treaty
The Antarctic treaty starts now
