Sources: Stewart = Antarctica: An Encyclopedia by John Stewart, second edition, 2011. Bob Headland = Robert K. Headland, Senior Associate, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge. Anne Strathie = Herbert Ponting (The History Press, 2021). Julian Sancton = Madhouse at the End of the Earth (Crown, 2021).
Last Updated: 5 June 2022
Month | Day | Year | Event |
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January | 1 | 1908 | Nimrod leaves Lyttelton Harbor, New Zealand, towed by the Koonya. |
" | 1909 | Shackleton reaches 87°06'30"S, new Polar record, north or south. | |
2 | 1911 | Terra Nova lands at Cape Evans. | |
3 | 1840 | World's first deep sea sounding, 2425 fathoms, during James Clark Ross's expedition. | |
" | 1902 | Scott crosses Antarctic Circle for the first time. | |
" | 1908 | Shackleton's Arrol-Johnston car unloaded at Cape Royds. | |
" | 1912 | Campbell's Northern Party picked up by the Terra Nova. | |
4 | 1958 | Hillary reaches South Pole during the British Commonwealth Transantarctic Expedition. | |
5 | 1922 | Shackleton dies in Grytviken, South Georgia. | |
6 | 1909 | Shackleton reaches 88°07'S, new Polar record, north or south. | |
7 | 1978 | First human birth in Antarctica takes place at Esperanza Station--Emilio Marcos de Palma. | |
8 | 1902 | Scott sights Antarctica for the first time (Victoria Land). | |
9 | 1909 | Shackleton, Adams, Marshall and Wild reach furthest south 88° 23'. | |
" | 1975 | Present Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station dedicated. | |
10 | 2008 | Sir Edmund Percival Hillary dies in Auckland, NZ. (Source: Stewart) | |
11 | 1841 | Sir James Clark Ross sights & names Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land. | |
" | 1913 | News of the death of Scott's Polar Party reaches London. | |
12 | 1841 | Sir James Clark Ross claims Victoria Land for Britain at Possession Island. (Source: Antarctic, Vol 36, No. 3, 2018, p. 35) | |
" | 1921 | British Imperial Expedition lands at Waterboat Point. | |
13 | 1905 | Charcot sights Adelaide Island. | |
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15 | 1929 | Byrd makes his first Antarctic flight. | |
16 | 1908 | Nimrod arrives in Ross Sea. | |
" | 1840 | "The men of the Peacock [ExEx] saw a range of mountains behind the ice pack on a part of Antarctica that would later be named Victoria Land." (Source: Cook's Log, Vol 1, No. 1, 2022, p. 13) | |
" | 1909 | David, Mackay and Mawson discover the South Magnetic Pole. | |
" | 1962 | James Mann Wordie dies in Cambridge (Source: Stewart) | |
17 | 1773 | Capt Cook becomes first to cross the Antarctic Circle. | |
" | 1912 | Scott's party reaches South Pole at 6:30 pm. | |
" | 1929 | Inaugural dinner of the Antarctic Club at the Cafe Royal, Regent Street. (Source: Strathie) | |
18 | 1895 | Party including Carsten Borchgrevink land on Possession Island. | |
19 | 1840 | "D'Urville sighed Antarctica…" (Source: Cook's Log, Vol 1, No. 1, 2022, p. 14) | |
" | 1915 | Endurance caught in ice 76° 34'S. | |
" | 1926 | Amundsen visits Frederick Cook at Leavenworth Penitentiary. | |
20 | 1773 | Captain Cook's second crossing of the Antarctic Circle (may be the 21st) | |
" | 1840 | Adélie Land discovered by Dumont d'Urville and named for his wife. | |
" | 1958 | Fuchs reaches South Pole during the British Commonwealth Transantarctic Expedition. | |
21 | 1821 | Bellingshausen discovers Peter I Island, the first land within the Antarctic Circle. | |
22 | 1831 | John Biscoe crosses Antarctic Circle. | |
" | 1898 | Wiencke drowns from the Belgica. (Source: Stewart) | |
23 | 1840 | "Wilkes [ExEx] finally discerned the great southern land in the distance…" (Source: Cook's Log, Vol 1, No. 1, 2022, p. 13) | |
" | 1899 | Borchgrevink in the Southern Cross crosses the Antarctic Circle. | |
" | 1908 | Shackleton sights the Ross Ice Shelf. | |
24 | 1895 | First substantiated landing on Antarctic continent, at Cape Adare. | |
" | 1908 | Shackleton names Bay of Whales. | |
" | 1959 | Lincoln Ellsworth's ship Wyatt Earp wrecked off Double Island Point, Australia. Source: Stewart | |
25 | 1841 | Ross sights Mt Erebus; calls it High Island. | |
" | 1912 | Amundsen arrives back at Framheim from South Pole. | |
26 | 1774 | Captain Cook's third crossing of the Antarctic Circle | |
" | 1820 | Bellingshausen second to cross the Antarctic Circle | |
" | 1898 | Amundsen becomes first person to ski in Antarctica. | |
27 | 1820 | Bellingshausen sights the continental ice shelf around Princess Martha Land. | |
28 | 1821 | Bellingshausen discovers Alexander I Island. | |
29 | 1908 | Nimrod arrives at McMurdo Sound. | |
30 | 1820 | Edward Bransfield saw "high mountains covered with snow." These were the peaks of Trinity Land, on the Antarctic mainland. | |
" | 1840 | "Wilkes [ExEx] claimed the discovery of the continent of Antarctica." (Source: Cook's Log, Vol 1, No. 1, 2022, p. 13) | |
" | 1916 | Sir Clements Markham dies in fire started by candle while reading in bed. | |
31 | 1908 | First recorded amputation in Antarctica: Aeneas Mackintosh's eye removed. | |
" | 1898 | Amundsen leads the first sledging expedition in Antarctica. | |
February | 1 | 1908 | First automobile in Antarctica lowered onto the ice. Shackleton's Nimrod expedition |
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3 | 1911 | Terra Nova meets Fram at the Bay of Whales. | |
4 | 1912 | Edgar Evans falls on Beardmore Glacier. | |
" | 1902 | Scott makes first Antarctic balloon ascent at Bay of Whales. Name of balloon: Eva. | |
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7 | 1935 | Herbert George Ponting dies at 44 Oxford Mansion, London. (Source: Strathie) | |
8 | 1877 | Admiral Charles Wilkes dies. | |
9 | 1839 | John Balleny and Thomas Freeman discovered the Balleny Island on which they made the first known landing south of the Antarctic Circle. | |
10 | 1903. | Admiral George Dufek, USN, third expedition leader to stand at the South Pole (October 31, 1956), born in Rockford, Illinois. Dies on the same day in 1977 in Bethesda, Maryland. (Source: Stewart) | |
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12 | 1903 | The Antarctic crushed in the ice, sinking at 63° 50'S, 57°W. | |
" | 1935 | Herbert George Ponting cremated at Golders Green and his ashes scattered in the crematorium's garden. (Source: Strathie) | |
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14 | 1779 | Captain James Cook killed in Hawaii. | |
" | 1913 | Memorial service at St Paul's Cathderal for Scott and his companions, the King in attendance. Rock of Ages was sung. | |
15 | 1874 | Shackleton born at Kilkea House, near Athy, Co. Kildare, Ireland. | |
" | 1899 | Belgica escapes from ice. | |
16 | 1874 | Challenger first steamship to cross Antarctic Circle. | |
" | 1900 | Borchgrevink sets "furthest south" 78° 50'S. | |
" | 1904 | Discovery freed from the ice after 2 years. | |
17 | 1912 | P.O. Edgar Evans dies on the return from the Pole. (Source: Stewart) | |
18 | 1899 | Borchegrevink arrives at Cape Adare, Oates Land. | |
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20 | 1935 | Caroline Mikkelsen becomes first woman to set foot on the Antarctic continent at Vestfold Hills. (Source: Stewart) | |
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22 | 1915 | Endurance gets truly caught in the ice. | |
23 | 1842 | James Clark Ross reaches furthest south, Lat 78° 10'S. | |
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26 | 1962 | Her Majesty's Government proclaimed the designation of British Antarctic Territory (Source: Bob Headland) | |
" | 1978 | China opened 'Zhongshan' station in Princess Elizabeth Land. (Source: Bob Headland) | |
" | 1989 | Poland opened 'Henryk Arktowski' station on King George Island. (Source: Bob Headland) | |
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28 | 1831 | John Biscoe discovers the coast of Enderby Land, naming it for his employers. | |
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2 | 1899 | Southern Cross leaves Cape Adare and the first deliberate wintering-over in Antarctica begins. | |
3 | 1898 | Belgica becomes trapped in the ice at 70° 20'S, 85°W in Bellingshausen Sea. | |
" | 1904 | Coats Land discovered by William Bruce. | |
4 | 1843 | James Clark Ross, with HMSs Erebus and Terror reached a farthest south in the Weddell Sea at 72° 31' S. (Source: Bob Headland) | |
" | 1922 | The body of Sir Ernest Shackleton returned to South Georgia, aboard Woodville from Montevideo, where he remains at 'the Gateway to the Antarctic'. (Source: Bob Headland) | |
5 | 1908 | Shackleton's hut at Cape Royds competed. (Source: Stewart) | |
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7 | 1876 | P.O. Edgar Evans born at Middleton, Gower, Wales. (Source: Stewart) | |
8 | 1912 | Amundsen sends a telegram from Hobart, Tasmania, informing the world that he has reached the South Pole. | |
" | 1916 | Arnold Spencer-Smith (Shackleton's Ross Sea Party) dies after 40 days of being hauled on a sledge. (Source: Antarctic, Vol 39, No. 1 & 2, 2021, p. 36) | |
10 | 1908 | First ascent of Mt Erebus by Mawson, David and Mackay. | |
11 | 1902 | George T. Vince dies during Discovery expedition. (Source: Stewart) | |
" | 1957 | Richard Evelyn Byrd dies at 9 Brimmer Street, Boston. | |
12 | 1915 | Endurance, beset in the Weddell Sea, comes in sight of Coats Land but a landing is impossible. (Source: Bob Headland) | |
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14 | 1961 | Pandora the hamster gave birth to twins at the South Pole Station, the first recorded birth (of any species) at the Pole. | |
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16 | 1831 | John Biscoe discovers Cape Ann, East Antarctica. | |
17 | 1912 | L.E.G. Oates walks out to his death, on his 32nd birthday. | |
18 | 1947 | Base on Signy Island, South Orkneys, established by FIDS. (Source: Stewart) | |
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21 | 1870 | Herbert George Ponting born at 21 Oatmeal Row, Salisbury, Wilts. (Source: Anne Strathie) | |
" | 1901 | Discovery launched at Dundee. | |
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28 | 1899 | The Belgica sails into Punta Arenas at sunrise, first land since February 1898. (Source: Sancton) | |
29 | 1912 | Approximate date of death of Scott, Wilson and Bowers. | |
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3 | 1962 | James Clark Ross dies at Aylesbury, Bucks. | |
4 | 1843 | Ross's Erebus & Terror arrive Simon's Bay, Cape Town at end of third Antarctic voyage. | |
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6 | 1908 | Brocklehurst had some toes removed after climbing Mt Erebus. | |
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9 | 1904 | Shackleton marries Emily Mary Dorman at Christ Church, Westminster. | |
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14 | 1916 | Shackleton and men reach Elephant Island. | |
" | 1961 | José Maria Sobral (Nordenskjöld's Swedish Antarctic Expedition) dies in the same house he was born in 81 years before. (Source: Antarctic, Vol 38, No. 1 & 2, 2020, p. 21) | |
15 | 1800 | James Clark Ross born in London. | |
" | 1916 | Shackleton lands at Elephant Island. (Source: Antarctic, Vol 36, No. 3, 2018, p. 39) | |
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20 | 1838 | Charles Wilkes appointed commander of the US Exploring Expedition. Source: Cook's Log, Vol 45, No. 1, 2002, p. 12. | |
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23 | 1902 | Publication of the first issue of The South Polar Times, Winter Quarters, Hut Point, during Discovery expedition. | |
24 | 1916 | James Caird leaves Elephant Island with Shackleton, Crean, McNeish, McCarty, Vincent and Worsley. | |
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26 | 1889 | James Mann Wordie born, Glasgow, Scotland. Member, Shackleton's British Imperial Transantarctic Expedition 1914-17. Source: Stewart. | |
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May | 1 | 1902 | The one and only issue of The Blizzard appears at Hut Point, produced by Shackleton. |
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4 | 1911 | Wilhelm Filchner's Deutschland leaves Bremerhaven at 4:30am bound for Buenos Aires and the Antarctic. (Source: Stewart) | |
5 | 1916 | Prime Minister Asquith unveils Scott party memorial in the south transept of St. Paul's Cathedral. | |
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7 | 1915 | Aurora with 18 men carried away from Cape Evans during a severe storm. (Source: Antarctic, Vol 36, No. 3, 2018, p. 44) | |
8 | 1842 | Dumont d'Urville and family die in a train crash during an outing to Versailles. (Source: Stewart) | |
9 | 1916 | Aeneas Mackintosh and Victor Hayward (Shackleton's Ross Sea Party) die as they attempt to cross from Discovery Hut to Cape Evans. (Source: Antarctic, Vol 36, No. 3, 2018, p. 45) | |
10 | 1916 | James Caird reaches South Georgia. | |
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12 | 1880 | Lincoln Ellsworth, aviator and expedition leader, born in Chicago. (Source: Stewart) | |
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16 | 1941 | Robert B. Stephenson, Coordinator of The Antarctic Circle, born in Boston, Massachusetts. | |
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18 | 1908 | The Pourquois-Pas? launched in St Malo, France. | |
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20 | 1916 | Shackleton, Worsley and Crean reach Stromness Whaling Station, South Georgia. | |
21 | 1917 | Kathleen Scott's marble statue of her husband is unveiled in Christchurch. | |
22 | 1926 | Inauguration of the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) in Cambridge. (Source: Strathie) | |
23 | 1790 | Dumont d'Urville born at Condé-sur-Noiteau, Calvados, France. (Source: Stewart) | |
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26 | 1951 | Lincoln Ellsworth, aviator and expedition leader, dies in New York City. (Source: Stewart) | |
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5 | 1898 | Émile Danco dies of scurvy on Belgica. (Source: Stewart) | |
6 | 1868 | Robert Falcon Scott born at Outlands, Devonport. | |
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12 | 1913 | Scott's Terra Nova arrives at the Scilly Isles on return to Britain. | |
" | 2007 | Walter William "Wally" Herbert dies in Inverness, Scotland. (Source: Stewart) | |
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14 | 1913 | Scott's Terra Nova arrives at Cardiff. | |
15 | 1910 | Scott's Terra Nova leaves Great Britain for the south. | |
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18 | 1897 | Amundsen joins the Belgica in Sandefjord. (Source: Sancton) | |
" | 1928 | Amundsen dies somewhere in the Arctic during Nobile rescue on this approximate date. | |
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20 | 1917 | SY Aurora lost in a storm with all hands after leaving Newcastle, N.S.W. (Source: Antarctic, Vol 36, No. 3, 2018, p. 50) | |
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22 | 1911 | Midwinter Day at Cape Evans. Fourth edition of The South Polar Times issued. (Source: Strathie) | |
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25 | 1900 | Robert Scott elected a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. | |
" | 1902 | Concert and sketch performed in the evening at Royal Terror Theatre, during Scott's Discovery expedition. | |
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30 | 1817 | Joseph Dalton Hooker born at Halesworth, Suffolk. | |
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5 | 1896 | Adrien de Gerlache re-christens Partria the Belgica (Source: Sancton) | |
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8 | 1914 | Kathleen Scott's statue of Edward Wilson unveiled by Sir Clements Markham on Cheltenham Parade. (Source: Strathie) | |
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14 | 1830 | John Biscoe departs London on Tula and Lively. | |
15 | 1867 | Jean-Baptiste Charcot born at Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. (Source: Stewart) | |
16 | 1872 | Roald Amundsen born at Borge near Christiana, Norway. | |
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20 | 1919 | Sir Edmund Percival Hillary born in Auckland, NZ. (Source: Stewart) | |
21 | 1983 | World's lowest temperature recorded, Vostok Station, minus 129.9 degrees F. See July 23 below. | |
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23 | 1983 | The lowest absolute air temperaatire of -89.2°C recorded at Vostok Staation. (Source: The Polar Times, Vol 4, No. 3, 1920-21, p. 25) See July 21 above. | |
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26 | 1913 | King presents Antarctic Medal and Clasp to members and relatives of Scott's expedition at Buckingham Palace, including the Albert Medal 2nd Class to Lashly and Crean. | |
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August | 1 | 1914 | Shackleton's Endurance leaves London, British Imperial Transantarctic Expedition 1914-17. |
2 | 1866 | Adrien de Gerlache born in Hasselt, Belgium. (Source: Sancton) | |
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6 | 1903 | Allan Ramsay, Chief Engineer of the Scotia, dies of a heart ailment. (Source: Stewart) | |
7 | 1907 | Shackleton's Nimrod leaves Torquay, BAE 1907-09. | |
8 | 1799 | Nathaniel Brown Palmer born in Stonington, Connecticut. (Source: Stewart) | |
" | 1838 | US Exploring Expedition begins. (Source: Cook's Log quoting Philbrick, Vol 45, No. 1, 2002, p. 12. See August 18 below.) | |
" | 1914 | Shackleton's Endurance leaves Plymouth, British Imperial Transantarctic Expedition 1914-17. | |
" | 2018 | New Zealand Antarctic historian Baden Norris dies in Christchurch. (Source: Antarctic, Vol 36, No. 4, 2018, p. 54) | |
9 | 1910 | Amundsen leaves Norway on the Fram heading south to Madeira. (Source: Sancton) | |
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11 | 1934 | Demas, Poulter and Waite arrive at Bolling Advanced Weather Station just as Byrd is being affected by fumes. | |
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15 | 1908 | Charcot and the Pourquois-Pas? leaves Le Havre for the Antarctic. | |
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18 | 1838 | US Exploring Expedition under Wilkes leaves Hampton Roads, Virginia. | |
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20 | 1875 | Victor Lindsey Arbuthnot Campbell, leader of Scott's Northern Party, born at Brighton. (Source: Stewart) | |
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22 | 1898 | Southern Cross leaves London. | |
23 | 1897 | The Belgica departs Ostend, Belgium, at sunset. (Source: Sancton) | |
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30 | 1916 | Yelcho embarks Shackleton's party from Elephant Island. (Source: Stewart) | |
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2 | 1908 | Robert Scott marries Kathleen Bruce in the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace. Rodin was among the guests. | |
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4 | 1843 | Ross's Erebus & Terror anchor off of Folkestone at conclusion of voyage. | |
" | 1946 | Japanese Antarctic explorer, Lt. Nobu Shirase, dies at age 85. | |
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7 | 1837 | Dumont d'Urville left Toulon with the Astrolabe and the Zélée for the Antarctic. (Source: Stewart) | |
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9 | 1912 | Amundsen sends telegram from Madeira to Scott in Melbourne that reads: "Beg leave inform you proceeding Antarctic, Amundsen." | |
" | 1910 | Premiere of Amundsen's lectures in Norway. (Source: The Library Magazine, September 2010. National Library of Australia.) | |
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12 | 1909 | Captain Scott officially announces his second expedition. | |
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16 | 1937 | Jean-Baptiste Charcot dies on or about this date, at sea, somewhere off Iceland. (Source: Stewart) | |
17 | 1921 | Shackleton's Quest leaves Port of London for the Antarctic. | |
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24 | 1870 | Helmer Hanssen born at Riøyhavn, Norway. He accompanied Amudsen on the Gjoa, Fram and Maud and reached the South Pole. (Source: Stewart) | |
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26 | 1974 | Charles John Green, the "Antarctic Chef," dies at Beverley, Yorkshire. The cook on Shackleton's Endurance & Quest expeditions. (Source: Stewart) | |
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30 | 1893 | Henryk Bull's Antarctic leaves Norway. | |
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9 | 1908 | Shackleton, Wild, Adams & Marshall set off to the Pole from Cape Royds. | |
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12 | 1910 | Terra Nova arrives at Melbourne; Scott receives Amundsen telegram informing him that the Fram was proceeding to Antarcitca. | |
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14 | 1899 | Nicolai Hanson died of unknown causes, probably scurvy, during the Swedish antarctic expedition 1901-04. First recorded human to be buried on the continent itself. (Source: Stewart) | |
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18 | 1973 | Bernt Balchen dies at Mount Kisco, New York. | |
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24 | 1934 | Walter William "Wally" Herbert born in York. (Source: Stewart) | |
25 | 1888 | Richard Evelyn Byrd born at Winchester, Virginia. (Source: Stewart) | |
26 | 1892 | Nansen's Fram launched. (Source: Stewart) | |
27 | 1728 | James Cook born in Marton, Yorkshire. | |
28 | 1744 | William Hodges born in London. He was the artist on Cook's second voyage, 1772-75. (Source: Stewart) | |
" | 1880 | Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell "Teddy" Evans born in London. (Source: Stewart) | |
29 | 1908 | Shackleton begins South Polar journey with Adams, Marshall & Wild. | |
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31 | 1956 | Gus Shinn becomes the first man to land a plane at the South Pole, at 8:34a.m. (Source: Stewart) | |
November | 1 | 1911 | Scott, Bowers, Wilson, Evans & Oates leave for the Pole. |
" | 1975 | Charles Seymour 'Silas' Wright dies in Victoria, BC. (Source: Stewart) | |
2 | 1902 | Shackleton, Scott & Wilson set off on Southern Journey. | |
" | 1902 | Scotia leaves Scotland. | |
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4 | 1909 | Shackleton's Heart of the Antarctic published. | |
5 | 1915 | Statue of Robert Scott, sculpted by his wife, unveiled in Waterloo Place by Mr Balfour, the Prime Minister. | |
6 | 1940 | Chile claims the Antarctic Peninsula. | |
7 | 1840 | Dumont d'Urville, with the Astrolabe and the Zélée, returns to Toulon. 22 men had died and 27 had deserted. (Source: Stewart) | |
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9 | 1909 | Shackleton's knighthood announced in Birthday Honours. | |
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11 | 1969 | First party of women arrived at the Pole. | |
12 | 1840 | Ross's Erebus & Terror sail from Hobart for the Antarctic. | |
" | 1912 | Bodies of Scott, Wilson and Bowers found. | |
13 | 1957 | Fuchs reaches South Pole. | |
14 | 1955 | Fuchs leaves London on the Theron, British Commonwealth Transantarctic Expedition. | |
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16 | 1928 | First plane to fly in Antarctica, flown by C. B. Eielson & Hubert Wilkins. | |
17 | 1820 | Nathaniel Brown Palmer sights Antarctic Continent from Deception Island. | |
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19 | 1956. | Victor Lindsey Arbuthnot Campbell, leader of Scott's Northern Party, dies at Corner Brook, Newfoundland. (Source: Stewart) | |
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21 | 1915 | Endurance sinks. | |
22 | 1936 | Rymill and Bingham succeed in the first crossing of Graham Land. | |
23 | 1841 | Ross's Erebus & Terror depart Bay of Islands (NZ) for second Antarctic voyage. | |
" | 1907 | Shackleton's Nimrod arrives in New Zealand. | |
" | 1935 | Ellsworth and Hollick-Kenyon set out on the first aerial crossing on Antarctica. | |
" | 1965 | Frank "Deb" Debenham dies at Cambridge. (Source: Stewart) | |
24 | 1820 | Bellingshausen crosses the Antarctic Circle at 164°W. | |
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28 | 1979 | 257 people die in a plane crash on Mt Erebus. (Source: Stewart) | |
29 | 1901 | Scott's Discovery arrives in Lyttelton. (Source: Antarctic, vol 37, Nos. 1 & 2, 2019) | |
" | 1910 | Scott's Terra Nova leaves Port Chalmers for Antarctica. (Source: Strathie) | |
" | 1929 | First flight over South Pole: Byrd, Balchen, June & McKinnon in the Floyd Bennett. | |
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December | 1 | 1908 | Shackleton's Arrol-Johnston car falls into crevasse. |
" | 1910 | Japan's first Antarctic expedition sails from Tokyo aboard the Kainan Maru under the command of Lt. Nobu Shirase. | |
" | 1959 | Antarctic Treaty signed by 12 countries in Washington, DC. | |
2 | 1911 | Douglas Mawson and his crew of 31 men leave Hobart on Australia's first scientific expedition to Antarctica aboard the Aurora. | |
" | 1912 | Douglas Mawson tests first airplane in the Antarctic (no wings). | |
3 | 1908 | Beardmore Glacier seen and named by Shackleton. | |
4 | 1967 | Severe volcanic disturbance at Deception Island. | |
5 | 1821 | Powell and Palmer discover the South Orkney Islands. | |
" | 1840 | President "Martin Van Buren delighted in announcing the discovery of Antarctica in his State of the Union Address…" (Source: Cook's Log, Vol 1, No. 1, 2022, p. 14) | |
6 | 1903 | Shackleton selected as Secretary/Treasurer of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. | |
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9 | 1928 | Byrd sees his first Antarctic iceberg. | |
10 | 1911 | Joseph Dalton Hooker dies at Sunningdale, Berks. | |
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12 | 1961 | First nuclear plant in the Antarctic arrives at McMurdo Station by ship. | |
13 | 1904 | P.O. Edgar Evans marries Lois Beynon at Rhosili, Gower, Wales. | |
14 | 1909 | Shackleton knighted by King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace. | |
" | 1911 | Amundsen party reaches South Pole. | |
" | 1912 | Death of Ninnis on Mawson's expedition. | |
" | 1958 | Pole of Relative Inaccessibility reached for the first time by a USSR tractor traverse. | |
15 | 1935 | Ellsworth and Hollick-Kenyon complete the first aerial crossing on Antarctica. | |
" | 1980 | Trans-Globe Expedition reaches Pole. | |
16 | 1911 | Amundsen party hoists Norwegian flag at the South Pole. | |
" | 1957 | South Geomagnetic Pole reached for the first time by a USSR tractor traverse. | |
17 | 1842 | Ross's Erebus & Terror depart Falkland Islands on third Antarctic voyage. | |
" | 1955 | First-ever planes fly to McMurdo from Christchurch. | |
18 | 1966 | Mount Vinson, tallest mountain in the Antarctic, climbed for the first time. (Source: Stewart) | |
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20 | 1773 | Cook crosses Antarctic Circle second time. | |
" | 1956 | Construction begins on South Pole Station. | |
21 | 1872 | Challenger leaves England. | |
" | 1901 | Discovery leaves Lyttelton, New Zealand. | |
" | 1901 | Charles Bonner killed when he fell from the crows nest of the SY Discovery on leaving Lyttelton. | |
" | 1956 | Hillary Ross Sea party leaves New Zealand for McMurdo Sound. | |
22 | 1956 | First tourists fly in on LAN Chile. | |
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26 | 1883 | Frank "Deb" Debenham born in Bowral, NSW. (Source: Stewart) | |
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28 | 1967 | First fossilized land animals found in Antarctica. | |
29 | 1913 | First public announcement of Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. | |
" | 1915 | Shackleton establishes Patience Camp. | |
30 | 1902 | Shackleton, Scott & Wilson reach Furthest South 82° 15'S. | |
" | 1948 | Premiere of Scott of the Antarctic, Odeon Theatre, Leicester Square, London. | |
31 | 1915 | Shackleton and his 27 men cross the Antarctic Circle northward-bound on a floe. |