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Antartica Exploration
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Antartica Exploration
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Captain James Cook
James Cook never saw the Antarctic coast. He sailed the furthest south than anyone had ever sailed before. Cook was the first to cross the Antarctic circle.
James Cook got to within 2011.68 km from the south pole. -
James weddell
He sailed into a region of the Southern Ocean that later became known as the Weddell Sea. -
James Clark Ross
James Clark Ross went on the Arctic journey with Sir William E. Parry. They went from 1819-1827.
James and his uncle (sir john ross) located the north Magnetic pole. -
Robert Falon Scott
Robert Falcon Scott was a British naval officer and also an antarctic explorer. Scott led two expeditions to the south pole and died on the fatal second trip, along with his crew. His expedition was the second to reach the South Pole. -
Douglas Mawson
Douglas Mawson together with Xavier Mertz and Lieutenant Belgrave Ninnis set out on an significand exploration from the austrailisan antarctic expodition (AAE) hut, but an broken snow bridge over a crevasse turned the scientific journey into a disaster.
when the bridge broke ninnis, a sledge, supplies and the strongest dog team all fell down the crevasse never to be seen again. -
Ernest Henry Shackelton
In 1907-1909 shackleton led the british expedition. Shackleton’s sledge expedition went within 97 (156 km) of the south pole. -
Roald Amundsen
He lead the antarctic expedition to discover the south pole on the14th of January 1911.
Amundsen and his team used dogs and sleds to cross the ice. -
James Weddell
In 1923 James Weddell discovered the Weddell Sea and that is why it is named after him. The first voyage that he took he was aboard the "Jane". -
Richard Byrd
In 29 of Nov 1929 Richard with his crew aboard two aircraft, flew over the south pole from Ross Ice Shelf. -
Edmund Hillary
Was the first person to climb Mount Everest. Lived in New Zealand.He is on the 5$ note in New Zealand in 1992.Had a wife in 1955 and they had three children named Peter Sarah and Belinda