Who was the first person to journey to Antarctica?

Answer 1

some people believe that in 1840 Frenchman Jules-Sébastien-César Dumont d'Urville became the first person to set foot on Antarctica.Other people believe that John Davis, an American sealer, may have set foot on the Antarctic Peninsula in 1821, but even he was unsure if he landed on the continent itself or a nearby island so nobody really knows!

Answer 2

Captain Robert Falcon Scott was the first European to explore Antarctica by land. He led two expeditions there, the second of which was mainly funded by the donations of school children who were excited to raise money for dogs and ponies. They wanted to find information about the animals, weather and geology of Antarctica. Unfortunately, the second expedition went disastrously with Scott and two of his fellow explorers found dead by a search party in the winter of 1912.

Answer 3

Determining the actual first landing is complicated by the ocean ice that surrounds the continent.

In 1840, Frenchman Jules-Sébastien-César Dumont d'Urville became the first person to set foot on any of Antarctica's solid land (an island within the pack ice).

An unconfirmed but documented claim was that sealers commanded by US captain John Davis landed at Cape Charles on February 7, 1821. This was only a year after the first confirmed sightings of the Antarctic coast in 1820.

The first undisputed landing on the continent was not until January 24, 1895, at Cape Adare, by the Norwegians Henrik Johan Bull and Carsten Borchgrevink, and the New Zealander Alexander von Tunzelmann.

Answer 4

This seems to be a contentious issue with some conflicting information and doubt. 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 5

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Answer 6

The first person to cross to Antarctica is Shackleton.

Answer 7

Controversy abounds over who actually was the first person to walk on Antarctica. Some people believe Jules Sebastien Cesar Dumont d'Urville was the first to walk on the continent.

Answer 8

THE FIRST PERSON To GO TO ANTARTICA IS yOu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You have touched Antarctica on an Atlas or book

Answer 9

1771