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Meanwhile, on 30 January 1820, Irishman Edward Bransfield sighted Trinity Peninsula, the northernmost point of the Antarctic mainland. Von Bellingshausen's expedition also discovered Peter I Island and Alexander I Island , the first islands to be discovered south of the Antarctic Circle.
For many years it was thought that Irishman Edward Bransfield on a British expedition was the first person to sight the Antarctic continent (rather than offshore islands) on the 30th of January 1820 with the ship Williams.
Jan 27, 2020 · In 1820, two rival expeditions set out to discover Antarctica—but only one could be first. A member of Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole stands on a water-worn...
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Antarctica separated from South America 35 million years ago, and its climate started to change. It began to grow ice sheets– masses of glacial land ice covering thousands of square miles. As plate tectonics shifted other continents, Antarctica became colder and drier. For the past 14 million years, it has been the frigid continent that persists to...
Today the combined East and West Antarctic ice sheets hold 90% of the world’s ice, enough to raise global sea levels by roughly 200 feet (60 meters) if it all melted. Antarctica is the coldest, highest, driest, windiest, brightest, and yes, iciest continent on Earth. And 200 years of research has shown that it is a key component of Earth’s climate ...
Despite the potential for environmental disaster in Antarctica, the continent also offers evidence that nations can collaborate to find solutions. The Antarctic Treaty Systemis the world’s premier example of peaceful and scientific international cooperation. This landmark accord, signed in 1961, sets aside Antarctica for peaceful and scientific pur...
Palmer steered southward in Hero at the beginning of the Antarctic summer of 1820–1821. Aggressively searching for new seal rookeries south of Cape Horn , on November 17, 1820, Palmer and his men became the first Americans and the third group of people to discover the Antarctic Peninsula .
- June 21, 1877 (aged 77)
- "Captain Nat"
- American
- August 8, 1799, Stonington, Connecticut
European explorers first approached Antarctica in 1520, when Portuguese navigator and explorer Ferdinand Magellan rounded South America during his journey to circumnavigate the world.
Learn about the history of Antarctic exploration from first sighting to reaching the South Pole. Find out who discovered Antarctica in 1820 and other key events and expeditions.
