17 January 1895
Discovery of Antarctica
Lands at Possession Island, leaves a message in a canister to prove the visit, and records lichen, one of the first plant-life finds south of the Antarctic Circle
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Possession Island in Norway. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Lands at Possession Island, leaves a message in a canister to prove the visit, and records lichen, one of the first plant-life finds south of the Antarctic Circle
Provenance
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