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1st Antarctic Shore Base

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

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1899Date range
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Chronological records

1899

Carsten Borchgrevink17 February 1899

Cape Adare · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Sets up the first ever shore base on the Antarctic continent, in the midst of a penguin colony, named "Camp Ridley" in honour of Borchgrevinks mother

Names involved

Carsten Borchgrevink

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