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Livingston Island, Antarctica 1985 Aircraft: 10 Nelson Island plane crash [6] Nelson Island, Antarctica 1960 Fire (building) 8 Mirny Station fire [7] [8] [9] Mirny Station, Antarctica 1823 Shipwreck: 7 Jenny [10] Drake Passage, Southern Ocean Most likely a legend 1958 Aircraft: 7 Cape Hallett Bay plane crash [11] Cape Hallett Bay, Antarctica 6 ...
The history of Antarctica emerges from early Western theories of a vast continent, known as Terra Australis, believed to exist in the far south of the globe. The term Antarctic , referring to the opposite of the Arctic Circle , was coined by Marinus of Tyre in the 2nd century AD.
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 ...
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2012 – Felicity Aston becomes the first person to ski alone across Antarctica using only personal muscle power, as well as the first woman to cross Antarctica alone. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] Her journey began on 25 November 2011, at the Leverett Glacier , and continued for 59 days and a distance of 1,744 km (1,084 mi).
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Members of Antarctic expeditions who have met their deaths while in the service of such expeditions, or as an immediate consequence thereof. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Explorers of Antarctica .