History of discovery and exploration of Antarctica

Contents

  1. Foreword
  2. Ocean or continent?
  3. Discovery of Antarctica (1820-1837)
  4. Finding the magnetic pole
  5. First whaling in Antarctic waters (1873-1895)
  6. In ice captivity (1897-1899)
  7. First wintering on the continent (1898-1900)
  8. National research expedition in early years of the twentieth century
  9. On the approaches to the South Pole (1907-1909)
  10. South Pole (1910-1913)
  11. Douglas Mawson expedition in East Antarctica (1911-1914)
  12. Unfulfilled intentions
  13. First air expedition (1928-1930)
  14. Banzare – second expedition of D. Mawson (1929-1931)
  15. Whaling, oceanographic research and geographical discoveries
  16. Byrd’s second expedition (1933-1935)
  17. First crossing of Antarctica. Expedition of Lincoln Ellsworth (1933-1935)
  18. Graham Land – peninsula of Antarctica (1934-1937)
  19. Applicants for Antarctica
  20. Antarctic expedition of Service USA (1939-1941)
  21. Struggle for Graham Land (1940-1948)
  22. U.S. operations Haydzhamp and Windmill (1946-1948)
  23. Struggle for Antarctic Territory continues (1948-1953)
  24. Norwegian-British-Swedish expedition to Queen Maud Land (1950-1952)
  25. Australian station on MacRobertson Earth (1954-1956)
  26. On the eve of the International Geophysical Year (1955-1957)
  27. First Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1955-1956)
  28. Creating American inland and coastal stations
  29. Second Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956-1958)
  30. Beginning of the International Geophysical Year (1957)
  31. Inland hiking research (1957-1958)
  32. Transcontinental trek English-New Zealand expedition (1956-1958)
  33. Operation Dipfriz III (American expedition of 1957-1958)
  34. Third Soviet Antarctic expedition (1957-1959)
  35. Forth Soviet Antarctic expedition (1958-1960)
  36. Americans work in Antarctica after IGY (1958-1959)
  37. The Antarctic Treaty (1959)
  38. The work of Japanese, Norwegian and Belgian scientists in Antarctica (1957-1961)
  39. Americans work in Antarctica in 1959-1962 years
  40. Fifth Soviet Antarctic expedition (1959-1961)
  41. Sixth Soviet Antarctia expedition (1960-1962)
  42. Seventh Soviet Antarctic expedition
  43. Some scientific results
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