Bellingshausen

In 1830-2, one Enderby captain, John Biscoe, completed the third circumnavigation at high southern latitudes, after Cook and Bellingshausen.

Early Exploration of Antarctica 2009

Palmer went aboard the Russian's ship and talked with Bellingshausen before returning to his sloop.

Early Exploration of Antarctica 2009

In November, 1894, Captain Evensen in the Hertha succeeded in approaching nearer to Alexander I. Land than either Bellingshausen or Biscoe.

The South Pole~ The History of the South Pole 2009

It was discovered in January 1821 by an expedition of exploration led by the RussianThaddeus von Bellingshausen, who named it for Tzar Peter the Great.

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On January 27, Bellingshausen saw petrels and heard penguins whichconvinced him that land was nearby.

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The next scientific expedition to the Antarctic regions was that despatched by the Emperor Alexander I. of Russia, under the command of Captain Thaddeus von Bellingshausen.

The South Pole~ The History of the South Pole 2009

In an interesting twist of fate, Palmer and Bellingshausen actually met on February 6, 1821, near Deception Island in the South Shetlands.

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Palmer went aboard the Russian's ship and talked with Bellingshausen before returning to his sloop.

Sighting Antarctica 2009

While sailing between Deception and Livingston islands, Bellingshausen was visited by Nathaniel Palmer, master of the American brig '' Hero, '' who informed him of the activities of dozens of American and British sealing ships in the area.

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Thaddeusvon Bellinghausen (also Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen) (1778 - 1852) was a Russian naval officer who contributed to the exploration of the Antarctic.

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