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The ancient Greeks were the first people to come up with the idea of Antarctica
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in January 1773, Captain James cook crosses the Antarctic circle.
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A Russian naval officer circumnavigates Antarctica, Captain Thaddeus
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On the 7th of February, the 1st known landing on continental Antarctica by American sealer Captain John Davis
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He reaches the most southerly point at the time. No one else managed to penetrate Weddell sea again for 80 years.
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In January 1909 Australian Douglas Mawson reaches the South Magnetic Pole.
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Australian Sir Hubert Wilkins and American Carl Benjamin Eielson are the first people to fly over Antarctica.
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Where researchers get the opportunity to work in both polar regions.