Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen27 January 1820
Records sighting ice-covered Antarctic land during the Russian expedition, one of the earliest sightings of the continent
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Records sighting ice-covered Antarctic land during the Russian expedition, one of the earliest sightings of the continent
Commands Mirny alongside Bellingshausen's Vostok during the Russian sighting of Antarctic land
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