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Section 3: Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen

The limits of exploration

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Furthest South

52°S 1519 Magellan
57°S 1578 Drake
71°10'S 1774 Cook
74°15'S 1823 Weddell
78°04'S 1841 Ross
78°58'S 1900 Borchgrevink
82°23'S 1902 Scott/Shackleton
88°23'S 1909 Shackleton
90°S 1911 Amundsen first
90°S 1912 Scott second
90°S 1958 Hilary third
90°S 1958 Fuchs fourth

Cook was first to cross Antarctic Circle.

In 1956 an American aircraft landed at the South Pole.

Furthest North

86°16'N 1895 Nansen
90°N 1909 Peary

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