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Captain James Cook was the first to cross the Antarctic Circle, doing so in 1773. However, pack ice and the freezing of his ship's sails prevented him from reaching the Antarctic continent itself. The same thing happened when he again crossed the Antarctic Circle a year later.
Captain Thaddeus Bellingshausen, representing a Russian expedition, is said to have been the first to discover the actual continent of Antarctica, doing so in 1820.
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∙ 13y agoThe name was created as an "opposite form" of the existing term arctic. The south polar region was thus the "anti-arctic", shortened as with antacid.
The original cartographer's term for the unknown lands in the extreme Southern Hemisphere was Terra Australis (southern land), or more specifically Terra Australis incognita(unknown). The first actual sighting of the icy continent was likely by the 1820 Russian expedition of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.
However, the first formal use of the name "Antarctica" as a continental name is attributed to the Scottish cartographer John George Bartholomew during the 1890's.
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∙ 13y agoThe first well-documented evidence for the existence of a frozen southern continent came from the second expedition of Captain James Cook beginning in 1772. He did not actually see the continent but he did cross the Antarctic Circle (67° South Latitude) and saw the icebergs and frigid waters of the far southern ocean. The next expeditions did not occur until 1819 when William Smith, and James Bransfield a year later, discovered the South Shetland Islands and the shore of the Antarctic Peninsula.
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∙ 8y agoAntarctica is at the opposite end of the earth from the Arctic, so, it is the Antipode of the Arctic - ANT-ARCTIC.
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∙ 11y agoa man named lucas blight randomly thought of a word that was not used
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∙ 14y agoTerra Australis was the name gven to a continent thought to exist in the far south. This dates from around the 1st century AD
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∙ 11y agoIt derives from the Greek word Antarktikos which means opposite the North
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Name three types of dinosaurs that lived in antarctica?
The first dinosaur discovered in Antarctica was Antarctopelta. Two others were Cryolophosaurus and Glacialisaurus.
What was the first continent to be discovered?
The first continent to be discovered is South America, and not Antarctica. Antarctica was the last continent to be discovered.
What is the name of the person who discovered the big dipper?
The big dipper was discovered thousands of years ago and the name of the person who discovered it was not recorded.
What was Antarctica first called?
Terra incognito is an early name for what was eventually discovered as a continent.
Who discovered canavan?
a name of a person who discovered cacavan
Which parts of the world were discovered after 1490 ad?
Nothing but Antarctica was discovered, humans inhabited all but Antarctica.
What have they discovered in Antarctica?
The sciencetists have discovered that there is some Animals in Antarctica like Penguins there are 3 oceans and 3 seas near Antarctica they are some island and lands in Antarctica too.
Name the places where holes were discovered?
Holes, which include black holes and ozone holes were discovered in the space and atmosphere respectively.The black hole was discovered in the space and ozone holes were discovered above the Antarctica.
When were Antarctica and Australia discovered?
1820
Which dinosaur was discovered in antarctica?
theropaud
What year was antarctica discovered?
1509
What is name of the person who discoved Mars?
What person and date was Mars discovered?
