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Antarctic History: This month; Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery is born in Hasselt (Belgium) 1866/08/02; The Belgica leaves Antwerp for Antarctica 1897/08/16; Southern Cross (Borchgrevink) leaves London 1898/08/22; The Discovery (Scott) leaves England for Antarctica 1901/08/06; The Yelcho rescues the Endurance crew 1916/08/30; No events found.; More history »

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Introduction to Antarctic History

by admin — last modified 2007-08-22 11:52

Antarctica has a fascinating history full on controversy, tragedy, heroes and achievement. Names like Amundsen, Scott, Shackleton and others are household names worldwide as a result.