The only way to travel to Antarctica in 1911 was by ship.
Mawson departed Hobart, heading for Macquarie Island (a sub-Antarctic island 1300 kilometres north of Antarctica), before heading for the Antarctic continent.
A naturalist on board his ship discovered penguins in Antarctica.
He wanted to prove that you can travel to Antarctica, without freezing.
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 1773, Captain Cook would have been 45 years old.
James Cook Senior is James Cook's father
His name was also James Cook. A farmer
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Reis knew of the Antarctica several hundred years before Captain James Cook 'discovered' it as he was crossing it.
Captain James Cook
A naturalist on board his ship discovered penguins in Antarctica.
Captain James Cook was unable to research anything in Antarctica. He did not actually reach Antarctica itself, as he could not get close enough to the continent. Both times he tried to reach the continent, he was stopped by pack ice and the solid freezing of the ship's sails.
He wanted to prove that you can travel to Antarctica, without freezing.
Roald Amundsen, Richard E, Byrd, and James Cook
James Cook did not actually reach Antarctica. What he did manage to accomplish was being the first European explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle, doing so twice. He could not reach the continent due to the pack ice and the fact that his sails froze.
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