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Antarctic

1988 Convention on exploitation of Antarctic mineral resources signed 1987 Iceberg twice size of Rhode Island sighted in Antarctic 1962 British Antarctic Territory forms 1961 Antarctic Treaty goes into effect 1958 1st surface crossing of Antarctic continent is completed in 99 days 1956 58 degrees F (15 degrees C), Esperanza Station, Antarctica (Antarctic record high) 1952 Fire in main building of French Port Martin Antarctic base 1937 R B Heywood, director, British Antarctic Survey 1936 Australian Antarctic Territory created 1931 Ken Takakura, [Goichi Oda], Kita Japan, actor, Story of Antarctic 1908 Vivian [Ernest] Fuchs, geologist/explorer, British Antarctic Survey 1865 Erich von Drygalski, Germany, geographer/glaciologist/Antarctic expl 1800 James Clark Ross, explorer, British Antarctic 1787 James Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer, Weddell Sea 1773 Capt James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66 degrees 33' S)

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