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Captain James Cook did not actually explore or set foot on Antarctica.
His connection with the continent was the fact that he became the first known European to cross the Antarctic Circle when he was sent again to discover if another great land lay east of Australia, in 1773 and again in 1774. Pack ice and the solid freezing of the ship's sails prevented further exploration of the region.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoCaptain James Cook did not actually reach Antarctica itself, as he could not get close enough to the continent. Both times he tried to reach the continent, he was stopped by pack ice and the solid freezing of the ship's sails.
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∙ 13y agoYes and no. James Cook did not reach the actual continent because pack ice prevented him from getting close enough.
In January 1773, James Cook crossed the Antarctic circle to latitude 67 degrees south, and in January 1774, Cook managed to get closer, to 71 degrees 10'S.
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