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Antartican Timeline
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Cook explores Antartica
Captain James Cook started a expedition to the Antartica circle and circumnavigates Antartica. He didnt see any landmass although he collected data on dangerous pieces of floating ice which they called icebergs. Cook said the would will derive no benefit from this Icy landmass. -
Bellingshausen adventures to Antartica
Bellingshausen was the first explorer to sight land of Antarctica when he reached 69,21' degrees south and 2,14'W. He called it a wasted iceland. -
Weddels Sea Expedition
British Whaler James Weddell started an expedition to discover the seas and the most southern point. As a result of this expedition a seas was named after him -
Crew's Diaster
The Crew of the Beglica expedition was stranded in pack ice off the Peninsula of Antarctica. This expedition was the first one for a scientific benefit. The ship drifted with the ice badly damaging the ship but the crew were set freee -
Carsten's expedition
Carsten Borchgrevink leads a British expedition that landed men at Cape Adare and built huts. This was the first time that anyone had wintered on the Antarctic landmass. -
Scott,Wilson,Shackleton
Captain Scott, UK, leads his first Antarctic expedition to try to reach the South Pole, with Ernest Shackleton and Edward Wilson. They are forced to turn back two months later having reached 82 degrees south, suffering from snow blindness and scurvy. -
Poles closest
Ernest Shackleton leads expedition to within 156km of the South Pole, turns back after supplies are exhausted. -
Mawson, Magnetic pole
January, Australian Douglas Mawson reaches the South Magnetic Pole. -
First to pole
December 14th. Norwegian Roald Amundsen leads a five man expedition that reaches the South Pole for the first time. -
Shackelton
October. Ernest Shackleton returns to Antarctica in an attempt to complete the first crossing of the continent. The goal is not attained, but one of the greatest adventures of all time follows. Their ship is crushed in the sea ice and a small party sets out for South Georgia and the whaling station. The party is eventually rescued in 1917. -
Large-scale whaling
he beginning of large-scale factory ship whaling in the Ross Sea -
first to fly
Australian Sir George Wilkins and American Carl Benjamin Eielson are the first to fly over Antarctica around the peninsula region. -
Flying the pole
Richard E. Byrd and three others - US - become the first to fly over the South Pole. -
Largest ever
Operation Highjump - US- sends the largest ever expedition of over 4700 men, 13 ships and 23 airplanes to Antarctica. Most of the coast is photographed for map making. -
Lands the pole
US aircraft lands at South Pole. First people there since Scott and his team in 1912 -
IGY
International Geophysical Year (IGY) 12 nations establish over 60 stations in Antarctica. The beginning of international cooperation in Antarctica and the start of the process by which Antarctica becomes "non-national". -
Antarctic treaty
Antarctic treaty comes into effect -
Impossible becomes possible
Boerge Ousland (Norway) becomes first person to cross Antarctica unsupported. Taking 64 days from Berkner Island to Scott base towing a 180kg (400lb) sled and using skis and a sail. -
International Polar Year
International Polar Year - Actually Spans two years in order that researchers get the opportunity to work in both polar regions or work summer and winter if they wish.
