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Visit our History
Timeline for a complete visual layout of Antarctica's
fascinating past. From the continent's first sighting
through explorer accounts, station building, claims,
treaties and tragedies.
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Cook,
Belgica,
Amundsen,
Scott,
Mawson,
Shackleton,
Byrd,
Highjump,
IGY,
DC-10,
Expeditions
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Amundsen
- Scott
Race
For The South Pole
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Shackleton's
Endurance
Online Exhibit
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Within eighty five
miles of their destination, the Antarctic continent
their ship Endurance was trapped |
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slowly crushed by pack ice. With no communication
to the outside world their ordeal would last twenty
months. More
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Belgica
Expedition - 1897
This expedition successfully achieved
two main objectives; the very first scientific research
program carried out in this part of the globe and also the
first expedition that spent the polar night caught among
the ice blocks. More
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Antarctic
History
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Mawson's Will
Sir
Douglas Mawson (1882-1958) is Australia's most renowned
Antarctic scientist and explorer.
In 1911 Mawson organized and commanded the Australasian
Antarctic Expedition (AAE 1911-14) and was the sole survivor
of a three-man sledging journey that ended tragically. Mawson
was knighted in recognition of his leadership of this expedition.
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Patience Camp Photo
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"It
is now January, 1916, and still the pack showed no sign of
breaking up."
Ernest Shackleton |
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