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who discovered Antarctica ??​

Answer 1

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The first confirmed sighting of mainland Antarctica, on 27 January 1820, is attributed to the Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, discovering an ice shelf at Princess Martha Coast that later became known as the Fimbul Ice Shelf.

Answer 2

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The idea of Antarctica was first mooted by ancient Greek philosophers. They knew about the Arctic, that they called Arktos, The Bear, after the constellation of the Great Bear, from sailing voyages records, descriptions and stories. They had proven that the world was a sphere and so postulated that there should be something at the pole opposite to the Arctic to balance the world out. They called this undiscovered land mass Ant-Arktos, meaning "opposite the bear". The continent of Antarctica thus appeared on world maps for hundreds of years prior to anyone ever approaching anywhere near it.

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