Today In History (January 27 1820)

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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1820: A Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovers the Antarctic continent, approaching the Antarctic coast.

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Something I find interesting is that humans first saw the south polar icecap of Mars centuries before any human first sighted Antarctica. In fact, I myself have seen the south polar icecap of Mars with my own eyes from my back yard, but I have only seen Antarctica in photographs.