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Captain James Cook and his crew became the first men to cross the Antarctic circle.
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Fabian Gottieb bon Bellingshausen became the first person to land on the continent.
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John Davis became arguably the firt person to land on the continent.
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Carsten Borchgrevink found lichen, the first sign of plant life.
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Adrien de Gerlache and his crew became the first to surbibe an Antarctic winter.
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Scott and Shackleton and three other men attempted to walk to the South Pole and were unsuccsessful.
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Shackelton almost reached the South Pole ona journey of his own.
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Race to the South Pole!The first successful trip was led by Amundsen.
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Scott died on his way back to his ship.
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ON October 27th, the Endurance gets crushed by ice and they abandon their ship.
