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The Poles — bonus #20 answers

Theme: The Poles

Starting event: Roald Amundsen's party reaches the South Pole first (1911)

The full timeline

1. 1841
   South

   James Clark Ross crosses the Antarctic Circle in search of the magnetic pole

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2. 1845
   Survival

   John Franklin's expedition sails to find the Northwest Passage and vanishes

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3. 1893
   North

   Fridtjof Nansen lets his ship Fram freeze into the ice and drift toward the pole

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4. 1898
   Survival

   The Belgica becomes trapped and her crew spend the winter locked in Antarctic ice

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5. 1902
   South

   The Discovery expedition reaches Cape Adare on its way south

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6. 1906
   Firsts

   Roald Amundsen completes the first crossing of the Northwest Passage by sea

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7. 1909
   Firsts

   Robert Peary claims to have reached the North Pole

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8. 1911
   FirstsStarting event

   Roald Amundsen's party reaches the South Pole first

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9. 1912
   South

   Scott's party reaches the South Pole to find they have been beaten to it

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10. 1915
    Survival

    Shackleton's ship Endurance is crushed by pack ice and sinks in the Weddell Sea

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11. 1926
    Flight

    Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett attempt a flight over the North Pole

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12. 1928
    Survival

    Umberto Nobile's airship Italia crashes returning from the North Pole

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13. 1956
    Science

    The Americans build a permanent station at the South Pole itself

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14. 1957
    Science

    Soviet scientists found Vostok Station, the coldest place ever recorded

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15. 1959
    Science

    The Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature, setting the continent aside for science

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16. 1978
    Firsts

    Naomi Uemura makes a solo dog-sled journey to the North Pole

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17. 1982
    Firsts

    Ranulph Fiennes completes a polar circumnavigation of the globe

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18. 1985
    Science

    A hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica is reported

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19. 1994
    Firsts

    Børge Ousland makes the first solo unsupported trek to the North Pole

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20. 1996
    Ice

    Lake Vostok is confirmed as a vast body of liquid water beneath the Antarctic ice

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21. 2002
    Ice

    The collapse of the Larsen B ice shelf is recorded in Antarctica

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