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James Cook (Date of Birth)
James cook was born in Marton, Cleveland, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1728.He was also the son of a Scottish labourer and his Yorkshire wife. -
James Cook
James Cook was the first person to cross the invisible line approximately 66.5 degrees south of the equator. Unfortunately he sailed that far but he could'nt catch sight of the beautiful continent of Antarctica. -
Fabian Gottlieb Thaddeus Von Bellinghausen (Birth)
On the 20 September 1778, Fabian Gottlieb Thaddeus Von Bellighausen was born in Saaremaa, Estonia -
James Cook's death
On Febuary 14 1779, James Cook was murdered by Hawaiians after one crew member died. The Hawaiians thought that James Cook and his crew were God's. -
Fabian Gottlieb Thaddeus von Bellingshausen
The first recorded sighting of Antarctica was by Thaddeus / Fabion von Bellingshausen, a Russian admiral, in 1820. -
Fabian Gottlieb Thaddeus Von Bellinghausen (Death)
On the 13 January 1852, Fabian Gottlieb Thaddeus Von Bellinghausen died in Kronstadt, Russia. -
Robert Falcon Scott (Birth)
On the 6 June 1868, Robert Falcon Scott was born in Outlands, Plymouth, England. -
Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (Birth)
On the 16 July 1872, Roald Amundsen was born in Borge, Østfold/Norway. -
Ernest Henry Shackleton (Born)
On the 15 February 1874 Ernest Shackleton was born in Kilkea, Republic of Ireland. -
Douglas Mawson (Birth)
Douglas Mawson was born in Yorkshire, England but moved to Australia shortly after his birth. -
Ernest Henry Shackleton (Died)
On the 5 January 1922, Ernest Henry Shackleton an Antarctic explorer, died in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, United Kngdom -
Roald Amundsen (Disappearance and Death)
On the 18 June 1928, Roald Amundsen was assumed dead after going missing on a rescue mission to rescue members of a crashed plane returning from the North Pole. -
Roald Amundsen (Searches called off)
On the 9 September 1928, the Government called off a searchs for Roald Amundsen after his plane was found on the Trosmo coast. It was believed he was dead. He was 55 years old. -
Caroline Mikkelsen (First Woman to set foot on Antarctica)
On the 20 February 1935, Caroline Mikkelsen became the first woman to set foot on Antarctica. She came with her husband, Klarius, a whaling captain at Vestfold Hills. -
Douglas Mawson (Died)
On the 14 October 1959 Douglas Mawson died in Brighton, Adelaide. -
Douglas Mawson (Death in his home)
On the 14 October 1958, Douglas died in his home, in South Australia, after a cerebral haemorrhage.
