12 January 1773
1st Antarctic Circle Crossing
1st person to cross the Antarctic circle
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Antarctic Circle in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
1st person to cross the Antarctic circle
First recorded crossing of the Antarctic Circle during Cook's second voyage
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