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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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