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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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