The men travelling as whose crew were the first known humans to reach and cross the Antarctic Circle in 1773?
History of Antarctica History of Antarctica The history of Antarctica emerges from early Western theories of a vast continent, known as Terra Australis, believed to exist in the far south of the globe. The term "Antarctic", referring to the opposite of the Arctic Circle, was coined by Marinus of Tyre in the 2nd century AD. The rounding of the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn in the 15th and 16th centuries proved that "Terra Australis Incognita" ("Unknown Southern Land"), if it existed, was a continent in its own right. In 1773 James Cook and his crew crossed the Antarctic Circle for the
Personnel of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of the original crew left the expedition to sign up when war was declared with Germany, and others returned to England after the ship put in at Buenos Aires. Personnel of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition was an attempt to cross the Antarctic continent led by Ernest Shackleton. The personnel were divided into two groups: the Weddell Sea party consisting of the men who would attempt the crossing and their support, and the Ross Sea party whose job it was to lay stores on the far side of the Pole for the members of the Weddell Sea