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Expeditions in Antarctica before the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, 1897. 1780s to 1839 – American and British whalers and sealers make incidental discoveries. 1819 – William Smith discovers South Shetland Islands), the first land discovered south of 60° south latitude.
Separate British, French and American expeditions establish the status of Antarctica as a continent after sailing along continuous coastline. In 1840, British naval officer and scientist James Clark Ross takes two ships, the Erebus and the Terror , to within 80 miles of the coast until stopped by a massive ice barrier - now called the Ross Ice ...
During the first two decades of the 20th century, commonly called the “heroic era” of Antarctic exploration, great advances were made in not only geographic but also scientific knowledge of the continent. At the turn of the century, expeditions scrambled to explore Antarctica.
US Navy Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd led five expeditions to Antarctica during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. He overflew the South Pole with pilot Bernt Balchen on 28 and 29 November 1929, to match his overflight of the North Pole in 1926.
Mar 11, 2022 · Antarctic expeditions to the continent of Antarctica have long fueled fascination and burnished the allure of the icy continent. Many of Antarctica's most iconic expeditions are...
23 hours ago · May 26, 2024. The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw an intense period of exploration in Antarctica, as explorers from around the world raced to be the first to reach the South Pole and unlock the secrets of Earth‘s last great wilderness. This period, from about 1895 to 1922, is known as the "Heroic Age" of Antarctic exploration, a time ...
Lt. Charles Wilkes led the U.S. Exploring Expedition to Antarctica in five ships. He charted Wilkes Land south of Australia and was first to recognize Antarctica as a continent. 1820. An American sealer, Nathanial Palmer, discovered mountain peaks in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula. 1837 – 1840.
