Antarctic

By adafadd

  • John Davis

    John Davis became arguably the first person to land on the continent.

  • Sir James Clark Rose

    Sir James Clark Rose searched for the magnetic South Pole.

  • Carsten Borchgrevink

    Carsten Borchgrevink found lichen, the first sign of plant life.

  • Adrein de Gerlache

    Adrein de Gerlache and his crew became the first to survive an antarctic winter.
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    Shackleton

    Shackleton almost reached the South Pole on a journey of his own.

  • Race

    Race to the South Pole! The first succsessful trip was led by Amundsen.

  • Scott

    A British trip to the South Pole was led by Robert Falcon Scott. He got there second.

  • Scott

    Scott died on his way back to the ship

  • Shakleton

    Shakleton's crew reaches the Weddell sea.

  • The Endurance

    The Endurance is frozen in the ice on the edge of Weddell Sea.