“Continuous ice”: 200 years since the discovery of Antarctica
2020-01-28T06:28:05.549Z
On January 28, 1820, a Russian expedition led by Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev discovered Antarctica. Scientists have assumed the presence of a separate continent in the southern part of the globe since antiquity, but for a long time no one could even come close to it. The famous British navigator James Cook, after several unsuccessful attempts to get to Antarctica in the second half of the 18th century, said that if the mainland exists at the South Pole, it is impossible to reach it. However, it turned out to be able to Russian sailors. The baton of Antarctic research at the discoverers was taken by their descendants. Today, the Russian Federation is one of the leaders in the study of the southern continent.
Source: russiart