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Antarctica

terrestrial continent in the Southern Hemisphere

31 dated entries naming Antarctica, drawn from 23 separate years between 2807 BCE and 2019 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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29th century BC

  • 2807 BCE2807 BC: Suggested date for an asteroid or comet impact occurring between Africa and Antarctica, around the time of a lunar eclipse on May 10, based on an analysis of flood stories. Possibly causing the Burckle crater and Fenambosy Chevron.source

18th century

  • 1704January 7 – A partial solar eclipse, Solar Saros 146, is visible in Antarctica.source
  • 1704June 2 – Annular solar eclipse is visible from a region of the Southern Ocean between South Africa and Antarctica.source

19th century

  • 182028 January – German-Russian explorer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen discovers the continent of Antarctica during the First Russian Antarctic Expeditionsource
  • 1820January 30 – British Royal Navy captain Edward Bransfield, an Irishman, becomes the first person to positively identify Antarctica as a land mass.source
  • 182030 January – Royal Navy captain Edward Bransfield in the Williams is the first person to positively identify Antarctica as a land mass.source
  • 1821January 28 – Alexander Island, the largest in Antarctica, is first discovered by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.source
  • 182320 February – Explorer James Weddell's expedition to Antarctica reaches latitude 74°15' S and longitude 34°16'45" W, further south than any ship has reached previously.source
  • 1823March 15 – Sailor Benjamin Morrell erroneously reports the existence of the island of New South Greenland near Antarctica.source
  • 1824March 19 – American explorer Benjamin Morrell departs Antarctica after a voyage later plagued by claims of fraud.source
  • 1840January 19 – Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what becomes known as Wilkes Land for the United States.source
  • 184020 January - Dumont D'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica.source
  • 184127 January – The active volcano Mount Erebus in Antarctica is discovered and named by James Clark Ross.source
  • 1899February 17 – The research vessel SS Southern Cross, on an Antarctic expedition led by Carsten Borchgrevink, arrives at Cape Adare and begins unloading 90 sledge dogs – the first ever on the continent – and two Norwegian Sámi crewmen, who become the first humans to spend the night in Antarctica. Over the next 12 days, the rest of the 31-man crew builds a temporary settlement.source
  • 1899July 31 – Duke of York Island, off Antarctica, is discovered by the Southern Cross Expedition.source

20th century

  • 1904March 6 – Scottish National Antarctic Expedition: Led by William Speirs Bruce, the Antarctic region of Coats Land is discovered from the Scotia.source
  • 190810 March – Australians Douglas Mawson and Edgeworth David accompanied by Ernest Shackleton and others are the first people to scale Mount Erebus in Antarctica.source
  • 19112 December – The Australasian Antarctic Expedition, led by Douglas Mawson, leaves Hobart to begin an expedition to Antarctica.source
  • 1913Frank Hurley's actuality film, The Home of the Blizzard, about the Douglas Mawson expedition to Antarctica, was released.source
  • 1914December 5 – The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition begins its attempt to make the first land crossing of Antarctica.source
  • 1928June – Roald Amundsen, polar explorer, led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole (born 1872)source
  • 192820 December – Hubert Wilkins makes the first flight over Antarctica in his Lockheed Vega San Franciscosource
  • 193814 January – Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.source
  • 1939January 14 – Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.source
  • 195720 January: Scott Base, New Zealand's main presence in Antarctica, is established by Sir Edmund Hillary.source
  • 1957November – The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition arrives in Antarctica.source
  • 1958December 16 – Soviet polar pilot V. M. Perov on Li-2 rescues four Belgian polar explorers, led by Gaston de Gerlache, who have survived a plane crash in Antarctica 250 km from their base five days earlier.source
  • 1959December 1 – Cold War: Antarctic Treaty – 12 countries, including the United States and the Soviet Union, sign a landmark treaty that sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent (the first arms control agreement established during the Cold War).source

21st century

  • 200710 April: Argentina's only icebreaker, ARA Almirante Irízar, catches fire while returning from her summer Antarctic campaign, 140 miles off Puerto Madryn. The ship is then towed to Puerto Belgrano, arriving on 20 April.source
  • 2011March 9: Ice loss from Antarctica and Greenland has accelerated over the past 20 years, according to new research, and will soon become the biggest driver of sea level rise.source
  • 2019December 9 – 2019 Chilean Air Force C-130 crash: A Chilean military transport aircraft crashes while en route to Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva in Antarctica, killing all 38 people on board. The crash site is located on December 12.source

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