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Captain Cook sails into the Antarctic peninsula
Captain Cook crosses the Antarctic peninsula, but never catches sight of Antarctica itself. -
Edward Bransfield and William Smith saw the Antarctic Peninsula.
Rumoured to be the first people to see the Antarctic Peninsula -
The first ever sighting of Antarctica
First sighting by Fabian Bellinghausen (Russian). -
South Pole Expedition
Britain sent an expedition to the South Pole (the middle of Antarctica) -
John Davis lands in Antarctica
John Davis becomes the first person to land on the continent of Antarctica -
Henry Foster found Deception Island.
Henry Foster found Deception Island. -
Douglas Mawson led the Australian Antarctic Expedition
Aurora. His Main aim was to investigate the coastline and the ocean floor between Antarctica and Australia. It is the first time that radio was used in Antarctica. -
Amundsen reaches the South Pole
Norwegian Roald Amundsen leads a 5 man expedition that reaches the South Pole for the first time. -
Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole
Although Scott discovers he has been beaten by Amundsen. -
Shackleton departs England
Shackleton leaves England in hopes of being the first person on the Continent. -
Shackletons Ship Trapped (Endurance)
Shackletons ship 'Endurance' gets trapped in ice, the crew leave it as they thought that the ship would be freed in Summer, but instead of defrosting the ice slowly started to destroy it. -
Crew Members Rescued From Elephant Island and South Georgia's Coast
Shackleton and his menwent back to the places shackleton had left crew members, Shackleton had saved/recovered everyone -
First Settlement
First permanent settlement was set up in Antarctica. -
Antarctica is for science
Antarctica is declared for study/scientific purposes only.
