Antarctic Plateau Antarctic Plateau The Antarctic Plateau, or Polar Plateau or Haakon VII Plateau, is a large area of East Antarctica which extends over a diameter of about , and includes the region of the geographic South Pole and the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station. This huge continental plateau is at an average elevation of about high. This plateau was first sighted in 1903 during the Discovery Expedition to the Antarctic, which was led by Robert Falcon Scott. Ernest Shackleton became the first to cross parts of this plateau in 1909 during his Nimrod Expedition, which turned back in bad weather when it
Marlborough (1876 ship) a passing ship spotted them. The Argentine government only established a settlement in Good Success Bay in late 1887, four years after the "Iquique" went missing. The "Dunedin" set sail for London two months after the "Marlborough" on 19 March 1890. She too disappeared without trace. Marlborough (1876 ship) Marlborough was an iron-built two-decked merchant sailing ship which disappeared in 1890. She was built by the firm of Robert Duncan and Co., Port Glasgow and launched in 1876 for her owner John Leslie, who later sold her to the Albion Line. The ship was commanded by Captain Anderson from 1876–1883,