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Historians are unsure who first set foot on Antarctica. Antarctica is the fifth largest continent, covering 10 percent of the Earth's surface with its area of 5.4 million square miles (14 million square kilometers).
Between 1773 and 1775 British captain James Cook (1728-1779) sailed around the circumference (boundary) of the continent. American explorer Nathaniel Palmer (1799-1877) discovered Palmer Peninsula in 1820, without realizing that it was attached to the Antarctic continent. In the same year Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (1779-1852) sighted the Antarctic continent.
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∙ 9y agoThe first human born in the Antarctic was Solveig Gunbjørg Jacobsen born on 8 October 1913 in Grytviken, South Georgia.
Emilio Marcos Palma was the first person born south of the 60th parallel south (the continental limit according to the Antarctic Treaty), as well as the first one born on the Antarctic mainland, in 1978 at Base Esperanza, on the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.
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When did the first person set foot in antarctica?
shakelton
Was S hakelton the first person to go to Antarctica?
no
Who was the first person to go over Antarctica by vehicle?
The continent of Antarctica has never been traversed by any vehicle.
Who was the first person to land in Antarctica?
1821- John Davis became arguably the first person to landon the continent Antartica.
Who is the first person to go to antarctica and discover penguins?
Captain James Cook
Are there any recorded births in Antarctica?
Emilio Marcos Palma (born January 7, 1978) was the first known person to be born on the continent of Antarctica.
Who was the first person to live on Antarctica?
No one lives in Antarctica. There were early explorers, however, who sailed there and established camps. The first expedition, the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897-99, however, camped at the edge of the continent in their ship and could arguably be considered the first peoples to 'live' in Antarctica.
Who was Emilio palmer?
Emilio Palmer is the first person born at Antarctica continent in the year 1978
Who was the first person that found antarctica?
In 1911, the Roald Amundsen (Norwegian explorer) beat the British explorer Robert F. Scott in the race to be the first who reached the South Pole (ie.the Antarctica).
What is an Antarctician?
An Antarctician is a native of Antarctica, or an informal term for a person who has spent time in Antarctica as a scientist or researcher.
When and were was the first dinosaur fossil found in Antarctica?
Cryolophosaurus was the first dinosaur discovered in antarctica
Who was the first American person to go to Antarctica?
Jim Whittaker became the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest on the 1st May 1963
