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The expedition disproves beliefs that Isla de los Estados was part of Terra Australis. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] 1675 – Anthony de la Roché discovers South Georgia ( 54°15′00″S 36°45′00″W / 54.25000°S 36.75000°W / -54.25000; -36.75000 ), the first ever land discovered south of the Antarctic Convergence
The expedition reached Adelaide Island in 1905 and took pictures of the Palmer Archipelago and Loubet Coast. They roughly surveyed, the SW coast of Anvers Island in 1904. They gave the name "Presqu'ile de Biscoe" to a small peninsula on the SE side of Biscoe Bay, adding to the honours for John Biscoe – who
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition; Second German Antarctic Expedition; Shackleton–Rowett Expedition; List of Antarctic exploration ships from the Heroic Age, 1897–1922; South Polar Times; South Pole–Queen Maud Land Traverse; Southern Cross Expedition; Southern Ocean Expedition; Swedish Antarctic Expedition
Broadcast rights to expedition coverage were sold in 52 countries and the first-ever international live broadcast from Antarctica occurred at the expedition's end. Five ABC Sports Trans-Antarctica specials were broadcast in the United States over the seven-month period, one of which earned a 1989 Emmy Award for best sports programming special ...
Left to right: Roald Amundsen, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel and Oscar Wisting after first reaching the South Pole on 16 December 1911. The Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration was an era in the exploration of the continent of Antarctica which began at the end of the 19th century, and ended after the First World War; the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition of 1921–1922 is often cited by historians ...
The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–1899 was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region. Led by Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery aboard the RV Belgica , it was the first Belgian Antarctic expedition and is considered the first expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration .
The Third Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1957–59) was led by Yevgeny Tolstikov on the continent and included Czech future astronomer Antonín Mrkos; the marine expedition on the Ob was led by I V Maksimov. Two diesel-electric ships were used to transport the expedition.
The Spanish Antarctic station Gabriel de Castilla (in Spanish) Don Gabriel de Castilla, primer avistador de la Antártica, by Chilean historian Isidoro Vázquez de Acuña (Spanish language) (in Spanish) Revista Hidalguia num. 232-233 1992 p.356 et seq This links to another, incomplete but substantial, version of the above.