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1990 Annular eclipse visible over Antarctica and South Atlantic
1983 -128.6 degrees F (-89.2 degrees C) recorded, Vostok, Antarctica (world record) 1981 British 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 Mount 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 New Zealand 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 of Antarctica, dies 1908 1st ascent of Mount 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 (U.S. claim) 1821 Bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica 1820 Antarctica discovered by U.S. Navy Captain 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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