How many people did James Cook take to Antarctica?

Answer 1

On Cook's second voyage, the "Resolution" had a crew of 110 and the "Adventure" commanded by Furneaux had a crew of 80. Captain James Cook was the first to cross the Antarctic Circle on the 17th of January, 1773, and reached a latitude of 67 degrees 15 minutes S. It is not clear whether or not he actually set eyes on Antarctica since the ice pack prevented any further southward progress. In January, 1820, as a result of an earlier expedition where he was blown off course, the British Royal Navy sent William Smith as pilot with Edward Bransfield to search the waters south of the newly claimed South Shetland Islands. It is subsequently claimed that they are the first to see the Antarctic Peninsula. On the 27th of January, 1820, Russian, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellinghausen, becomes the first person to see the Antarctic continent. In January,1821, Bellingshausen returns to the Antarctic and completes a circumnavigation of Antarctica being only the second explorer, after Cook, to do so. In February, American sealer John Davis arguably becomes the first person to land on the Antarctic continent. A Norwegian scientist immigrant to Australia, Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink (1864-1934), became the first man to set foot on the Antarctic when he stepped on to Cape Adare on the 24th of January, 1895. From 1894-95 he devoted his time to exploration of Antarctica. He attempted to reach the South Pole in 1897. During this expedition, he was the first to discover lichen in the Antarctic, and reached a latitude of 78 degrees 5 minutes S.

Answer 2

James Cook went to Antarctica twice, although he did not reach the actual Antarctic continent. He first crossed the Antarctic Circle, on 17 January 1773, in latitude 67 degrees south. A year later, on 30 January 1774, he again crossed the Antarctic Circle as far as 71 degrees 10'S. In each case, he was stopped from going any further by pack ice.

Answer 3

Cook departed on 26 August 1768, carrying 94 people