The History of Antarctica

Task- You will research and list the chronology of the history of Antarctica. Please include the year, the significant event and the country or person responsible for the event.

Students: Maddie Lilly and Tim Bagirov

From the time period of 1996 to 2006, a decade, Antarctica's ice is being lost due to some fast flowing glaciers and basins. Antarctica was first referred to, in the 17th century as Terra Aus trails Incogmita, which means unknown Southern land. At 14.4 million km squared, it is the 5th largest continent. The first confirmed sighting known was in 1820 by the Russian expedition of Mikhail Lazarev and Fabian Gottliebcon Bellingshausen. 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice, which averages at leas 1.6 km in thickness.