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  2. Drake Passage - Wikipedia

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    In 1525, Spanish navigator Francisco de Hoces discovered the Drake Passage while sailing south from the entrance of the Strait of Magellan. [2] Because of this, the Drake Passage is referred to as the "Mar de Hoces (Sea of Hoces)" in Spanish maps and sources, while almost always in the rest of the Spanish-speaking countries it is mostly known as “Pasaje de Drake” (in Argentina, mainly), or ...

  3. Antarctic gateway cities - Wikipedia

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    Cape Town is the largest of the gateway cities and the farthest from Antarctica. In addition to South Africa's own national Antarctic program, the programs of Russia, Germany, Belgium, Norway, and Japan also reach Antarctica via Cape Town. [1] As of 2021, tourism company White Desert has offered direct commercial flights from Cape Town to ...

  4. List of Antarctic expeditions - Wikipedia

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    2016–2017 – On 7 February Mike Horn completes first ever solo, unsupported north-to-south traverse of Antarctica from the Princess Astrid Coast (lat −70.1015 lon 9.8249) to the Dumont D'urville Station (lat −66.6833 lon 139.9167) via the South Pole. He arrived at the pole on 7 February 2017.

  5. Antarctica via Fort Lauderdale: Holland America Line launches ...

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    Traveling to Antarctica and above the Arctic Circle in one trip is easier than it sounds. Just get yourself to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Holland America Line will do the rest.. The cruise line ...

  6. Strait of Magellan - Wikipedia

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    Land adjacent to the Strait of Magellan has been inhabited by indigenous Americans for at least 13,000 years. Upon their arrival in the region, they would have encountered native equines (), the large ground sloth Mylodon, saber toothed cats the extinct jaguar subspecies Panthera onca mesembrina, the bear Arctotherium, the superficially camel-like Macrauchenia, the fox-like canid Dusicyon avus ...

  7. South American–Antarctic Ridge - Wikipedia

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    The north–south motion of Antarctica relative to Africa and South America before anomaly 28 changed to a slow east–west clockwise motion around 60 Ma, an abrupt change coincident with change in triple junction configuration. [6] During the Late Paleocene–Early Eocene Antarctica and South America separated at a rate of only 0.3 cm/yr.

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