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Antarctica
1990
Annular eclipse visible over Antarctica and South Atlantic
1983
-128.6 degrees F (-89.2 degrees C) recorded, Vostok, Antarctica (world record)
1981
Brit team led by Ranulph Fiennes completes longest and fastest crossing of Antarctica, reaching Scott base after 75 days (2,500 miles)
1979
Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes into Mt Erebus on Antarctica kills 257
1975
Ice thickness measured at 4776 m, Wilkes Land, Antarctica
1962
AEC announces 1st atomic power plant in Antarctica in operation
1960
-127 degrees F (-88 degrees C), Vostok, Antarctica (world record)
1959
12 nations sign treaty for scientific peaceful use of Antarctica
1957
Richard E Byrd, U.S., explorer (Antarctica), dies at 68
1956
58 degrees F (15 degrees C), Esperanza Station, Antarctica (Antarctic record high)
1956
A new range of mountains discovered in Antarctica (2 over 13,000')
1939
Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica
1935
Karoline Mikkelson is 1st woman on Antarctica
1923
NZ claims Ross Dependency in Antarctica
1912
Robert Scott's diary and dead body found in Antarctica
1912
Robert F Scott, British pole explorer (Antarctica), dies
1912
L Oates, British explorer (Antarctica), dies
1912
Edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies
1908
1st ascent of Mt. Erebus, Antarctica
1874
Ernest H Shackleton, Kilkee Ireland, explorer, Endurance, Antarctica
1840
American Charles Wilkes discovers Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica
1840
Dumont D'Urville discovers Adelie Land, Antarctica
1840
Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim)
1821
Bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica
1820
Antarctica discovered by U.S. Navy Capt Nathaniel B. Palmer
1820
Edward Bransfield aboard Williams discovers Antarctica (UK claim)
1778
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellinghausen, 1st to circumnavigate Antarctica
1739
J B C Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet Island, near Antarctica
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