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350 BCE
The naming.
https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/exploration-history.php
Antarctica was named by the Ancient Greeks in 350 B.C., they named it even though they did not ever see it. -
The first arrival.
http://www.destination360.com/antarctica/history
Captain James Cook was the first person to see Antarctica. -
The first to explore Antarctica.
https://oceanwide-expeditions.com/faq/who-discovered-the-weddell-sea
James Weddell was the first person to explore more than just the Antarctic Peninsula. -
The 2nd sea.
https://oceanwide-expeditions.com/blog/science-of-the-ross-ice-shelf
James Clark Ross was the first to travel to the bottom of Antarctica and name the ross sea and ice shelf. -
The first expedition.
https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/exploration-history.php
Robert Falcon Scott was the first to try and start an expedition but had to turn back after 2 months having reached 82 degrees south. -
The 2nd attempt.
https://www.biography.com/people/ernest-shackleton-9480091
Ernest Henry Shackleton was part of the expedition in 1901. But after he got sent home he planned his own expedition to the Trans antarctic mountains and fulfilled that dream leading the endurance. -
First to the South Pole.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Roald-Amundsen
Roald Amundsen set out for Antarctica on the 19th of the 10th 1911 with a goal to reach the South Pole first. He achieved his goal reaching the south pole first on the 14th of the 12th 1911. -
The first woman.
https://nettarkiv.npolar.no/sorpolen2011.npolar.no/en/did-you-know/2011-11-02-the-first-woman-in-antarctica-was-norwegian.html
Caroline Mikkelsen was the first woman to step foot on the antarctic ice.
