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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.
Antarctic-circle.org, Chronologies and Timelines of Antarctic Exploration Antarctic Exploration Timeline , animated map of Antarctic exploration and settlement Listen to Ernest Shackleton describing his 1908 South Pole Expedition , and read more about the recording on [australianscreen online].
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 ...
Timeline of Antarctic history; List of years by country This page was last edited on 18 December 2023, at 16:26 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
The first flight from New Zealand to Antarctica made by a Royal New Zealand Air Force C130 (Hercules) aircraft [citation needed] 1968. Marie Darby becomes first New Zealand woman to visit the Antarctic [8] 1969. New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) of 1969–70; visited the Scott Glacier and named Marble Peak and Surprise ...
Pages in category "History of Antarctica" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. ... Timeline of women in Antarctica; V. USS Vincennes (1826)
Throughout its history, Antarctica has seen a wide variety of plant life. In the Cretaceous, it was dominated by a fern-conifer ecosystem, which changed into a temperate rainforest by the end of that period. During the colder Neogene (17–2.5 Ma), a tundra ecosystem replaced the rainforests.
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