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The First Person Who Discovered Antarctica
Most people would of thought Captain James Cook had found Antarctica but he didn't, he crossed the Antarctic Circle but did not see Antarctica itself. So instead Fabian Von Bellingshausen found Antarctica on 28 January 1820. Bellingshausen had two ship, the //Vostok// and //Mirnyi//.

The First Person to step foot on Antarctica
John King Davis was the first to step foot on Antarctica in 7 February 1821, from an expedition, Nimrod Expedition, with Ernest Shackleton. In fact Davis had a coast was named after Davis, [|Davis Coast]. He had came from Australia.

The First Woman to step foot on Antarctica
The first woman to step foot on Antarctica is Edith Ronne, Edith Ronne's namesake was Finn Ronne. She had two other Antarctic explorers in her family, Finn Ronne and Martin Ronne, father in law, who was in Amundsen's South Pole expedition. Her husband, Finn Ronne, had convinced Edith to go on an expedition to Antarctica, Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, with him. Edith had another woman to accompany her who was Jennie Darlington. She spent 15 months in Antarctica.

Ernest Shackleton and Robert Falcon Scott :
Ernest Shackleton was a polar explorer who has leaded three expeditions in Antarctica. And Falcon Scott was first a Royal Navy officer and had lead two expedition, the Discovery Expedition and the Terra Nova Expedition. Shackleton and Falcon Scott's first polar expedition was the Discovery Expedition, the first British exploration of Antarctica. The Discovery Expedition was named after the ship //Discovery//. Shackleton and Falcon Scott were rivals. //Discovery// had departed at August 1901. Shackleton had 22 dogs die and no more left. So Shackleton's team had to return. But on the return trip Shackleton had gotten sick and was coughing constantly. So Scott had decided to have Shackleton sent home on a ship, //Morning//. Most people thought that Scott had only sent Shackleton home to get rid of him. Back then it was March 1903. And when it was 1904 Scott went furthest to South Pole.

Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott :
Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott are, both, the most famous Antarctic explorers. Amundsen is known as a Norwegian explorer of polar regions and was known for discovering the South and North Pole. As for, Amundsen, Amundsen is a Royal Navy officer and explorer. Amundsen as a child wanted to be first to step foot on the North Pole but was shattered that two people, Shackleton and Falcon Scott, had reached it before him, so he thought of going to the South Pole. So Amundsen had gone to the Terra Nova Expedition. Amundsen was the first to arrive Antarctica and go back home, within a race with Scott. Amundsen had four other people in his team and Scott had four others to. The race had started in June 1910. Amundsen was the first to arrive at the South Pole by four and a half week in 14 December 1911. After Amundsen went home, he found out Scott had reached to the South Pole in 17 January in 1911. But even received the information that Scott died, in 29 March 1911, on the way back to his home in a blizzard. Falcon Scott was disappointed to find out he had lost the race to the South Pole, had found out from seeing Amundsen's tent on the South Pole. As, on the way home he and his men had died because they were wearing light woolen jumpers instead of heavy down parkas, what Amundsen and his team had used. The first person who died was Oates who had committed suicide because he had gotten frostbites on his feet and had thought that he was slowing down the team, his last words were "//I am just going outside and may be some time..."// After the last three men in the tent had died and was 11 miles away from food. Falcon Scott last words written in his diary was " //We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker, of course, and the end cannot be far. It seems a pity but I do not think I can write more."// And finally the race was over.

Douglas Mawson :
Douglas Mawson was a scientist and an Antarctic explorer. One of his expedition was Australasian Antarctic Expedition. In this expedition, he had two people two go with him, [|Xavier Mertz] and [|Lieutenant Belgrave Ninnis] and travel back to expedition headquarters to the ship, //Aurora//, in time, on 10 November 1912. Mertz was skiing, Mawson was on his sled and Ninnis was on the second sled. Ninnis had fell in a glacier and was never seen again, when Mawson looked for him in the glacier he only heard whimpers from dogs. After Mertz and Mawson had started to run out of food and their dogs had began to feel weak so they had ate the dogs each night, Mertz had ate the dogs livers. Mertz had started to get sick and weak and one night when Mawson touched Mertz, he realized Mertz was eventually dead. Mawson had also ran out of food so he even had to eat Mertz. On the way he had found a food deposit in the 'Aladdin Cave'. Mawson had travelled more than one hundred and sixty kilometers of blizzard-swept ice and snow and finally reach the safety of expedition headquarters. But when arrived he saw a strange shape out to the sea and realized the ship to take him home had left already. Mawson thought to just starve to death and die, but a miracle had happen he had found 8 people out in the snow and had huts, it was 8 February 1913. Mawson and the other 8 people had stayed there to wait another year for the ship came back and had told them the tragedy that Xavier Mertz and Lieutenant Belgrave Ninnis had died of terrible accidents. And had came home in 1914 by ship.

How they had lived
On Falcon Scott and Shackleton's expedition they were supposed to drink tea. And some of the cooks had served toast, porridge, baked beans and more, from there huts. Most explorers had ate meat from there wolfs or horses, if they ran out of food, and some had killed and ate some of the animals from Antarctica, maybe some fish, seals or penguins.
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Explorers had lived in huts or tents. The tents were not stable and they were bad quality, as people can get cold. **Ernest Shackleton and Robert Falcon Scott had stayed in this hut**
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Captain James Cook against Fabian Von Bellingshausen:
Captain Cook, in his second voyage, had nearly discovered Antarctica but instead turned away of Antarctica and left without noticing that he was near Antarctica. Fabian Von Bellingshausen found Antarctica, by then Cook died.

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