EARTH 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Prince Olav Coast, Enderby Land, Shetland
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Earth 10 notes: 1772-75: james cook, 19th century explorers: shackleton, scott, amundsen, 1600: territory unknown, 1690: fur trading ($, 1710: touching boundaries of antarctica, 1856: sort of map out antarctica, 1922: transantarctic mountains. Captain james cook (british: discovered new places in pacific, confirmed existence (anthony de la roche in 1675, spanish) of s georgia. Island (and landed: took 2 ships: resolution & adventure, circumnavigated globe 2x at high southern latitudes, took a stab south 4x, first to cross antarctic circle- jan 17, 1773. Stopped by ice at 67 degrees 15 south. Turned around 90 miles n of prince olav coast. Just missed discovering heard island (found 60 yrs later by peter kemp: 3rd stab to the south. Came into what"s now the ross sea: 4th stab south. Furthest south: 71 degrees 10 south (50 mi from sighting thurston island: alter also discovered s sandwich islands.
