Antarctica Explorers

In different countries and continents of the world, the stories of different places often include very substantial periods or epochs which is essentially the life of people living in different areas have changed. Some notable examples include the two world wars, the collapse of communism and the industrial revolution, which changed both the physical and political landscape in places where they occurred. But in some places where there are no permanent humanSettlements, such as the Antarctic, the same principle applies. To explore, given the will of the people, the exploration of these places, even some dramatic events in the history of these places has brought.

notable events in the history of Antarctica

One of the most significant events in Antarctica is the story of the first expeditions to the continent during the night between 1770 until the mid-1840s, which is seen as a time when Antarctica was discovered by the world. Some ofmost remarkable expeditions of this period are those of the English Captain James Cook (1772), British sailor William Smith (1819), American explorer Nathaniel Palmer (1821), American scientist Dr. Otto James (1830), and British led James Ross ( 1841) were.

Another was remarkable in the history of Antarctica was in 1890 to 1900, which saw the exploration of the interior of Antarctica. This term was also participation from other countries except the United Kingdom andAmerica in the exploration of Antarctica, including Belgium, Norway, Australia, Japan and Germany. However, he encouraged the participation of these countries, competition between them, often due to "conflicts of competence between these countries. To resolve this problem was the International Geophysical Year (IGY) was founded in 1957 and took the coordination between the countries, companies have the further exploration of the continent to promote.

As history would show, has paved the way for the IGYpeaceful coexistence of various researchers in the country, which led to the Antarctic Treaty. This agreement defines the guidelines in the exploration of Antarctica, provide for cooperation in scientific research and exchange of information between research groups from different countries. Besides this, the treaty also prohibits military operations, nuclear explosions and disposal of radioactive waste in the region.

Several countries going through times that the major changeThe history and life of their people. In places like Antarctica where there is a lot of people, which is also true. This is because the history of Antarctica shows that there are remarkable events, including the signing of the Antarctic Treaty, which the research groups who have been affected regularly go to the icy continent.