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Exploration of Antarctica. 350 B.C. It was the ancient Greeks who first came up with the idea of Antarctica. They knew about the Arctic - named Arktos -The Bear, from the constellation the great bear and decided that in order to balance the world, there should be a similar cold Southern landmass that was the same but the opposite "Ant - Arktos ...
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Antarctica, Fifth largest continent on Earth. Antarctica lies concentrically around the South Pole, its landmass almost wholly covered by a vast ice sheet averaging 6,500 ft (2,000 m) thick. It is divided into two subcontinents: East Antarctica, consisting mainly of a high, ice-covered plateau, and West Antarctica, consisting largely of an archipel...
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The first sighting of Antarctica is now widely acknowledged to have taken place on the 28th (maybe the 27th) of January 1820 during the voyage of two Russian ships, the Vostok and Mirnyi under the command of Captain Fabien (Thaddeus) Gottleib von Bellingshausen during a two year exploratory expedition around the world to discover new lands for ...
The 220 day journey covered 3,741 miles from the Antarctic Peninsula to the South Pole to the Russian Mirnyy station. On this American Polar Society page is the Antarctica Exploration Timeline dating back to the 1760s. In 1768, Captain James Cook circumnavigated Antarctica twice...
The doubling of the Cape of Good Hope in 1487 by Bartolomeu Dias first brought explorers within touch of the Antarctic cold, and proved that there was an ocean separating Africa from any Antarctic land that might exist.
The Beginnings. The history of Antarctic exploration includes national and international politics, social change, scientific and technological advances, economics and even the exploration of the Arctic. Although the first humans explored its interior only a 100 years ago, interest in the continent has existed for thousands of years, and ...
Jul 28, 2023 · December 18, 1966: Climbers on a U.S. mountaineering expedition make the first ascent of the 16,050-foot Vinson Massif in the Ellsworth Mountains, the highest summit in Antarctica. 1992-1993: Ranulph Fiennes and Mike Stroud make a 93-day crossing of Antarctica on foot, the first people to do so unsupported.
