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1st Antarctic Landing

Norway · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1895Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1895

Carsten Borchgrevink24 January 1895

Cape Adare · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Borchgrevinks party claim this as the first landing on the Antarctic mainland

Names involved

Carsten Borchgrevink

Provenance

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