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The only early antarctic explorer to get an aerial view of the landscape was Sir Robert Falcon Scott, who elevated himself above the Ross Ice Shelf in a basket that dangled from a hot air balloon. According to EnchantedLearning.com, this event occurred on February 4, 1902. Then, on November 29, 1929, Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd flew to the South Pole in a Ford Trimotor, giving humans the first real aerial view of the Antarctic landscape. Byrd's base was also on the Ross Ice Shelf and was named Little America.

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