南极的历史.pptVIP

Antarctic History Map of Antarctica Discovery 1773 - Captain Cook - his wooden ship could not penetrate the ice ring. 1822 - James Weddell (Sealing) 1830 - Whalers came 1911 - Roald Amundsen reaches South Pole 1915 - Shackleton stuck in ice 1959 – Antarctic Treaty Captain James Cook (1772 -1775) November 1774 Cook across the south Pacific and arrived five weeks later at Tierra del Fuego. He then sailed in a northeasterly direction into the Atlantic. Unexpectedly, they sighted land and immediately thought they had finally found the southern continent (Antarctica) but instead it was an island,