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James Clark Ross, maps part of Antarctica's coastline.
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Roald Admundsen, reaches the South Pole.
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Robert Falcon Scott and his men die from combination of exhaustion, starvation and extreme cold, on the way back from the South Pole.
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Ernest Shacleton begins his journey on the Endurance.
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The Admundsen-Scott South Pole Station is built.
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Vivian Fuchs, completes his tractor crossing of Antarctica.
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Ranulph Fiennes and Mike Stroud walk across Antarctica.