[DOC] [TLE] History of Antarctica - Wikipedia [PAR] For the natural history of the Antarctic continent, see Antarctica. The history of 
Antarctica ... In 1820, several expeditions claimed to have been the first to have 
sighted ... A Russian expedition was led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen 
and ..... just returned from a whaling expedition during which he had become one 
of... [DOC] [TLE] Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen - Wikipedia [PAR] Fabian Gottlieb Thaddeus von Bellingshausen a Russian officer of Baltic German 
descent in the Imperial Russian Navy, cartographer and explorer, ultimately rose 
to the rank of Admiral. He participated in the first Russian circumnavigation of the 
globe and subsequently became a ... On 28 January 1820 (New Style) the 
expedition discovered the Antarctic... [DOC] [TLE] Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen | Russian explorer | Britannica ... [PAR] These were the first sightings of land within the Antarctic Circle, thought at first ... 
The Russian expedition leader Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, the ... first 
sightings in 1820: Bellingshausen sighted a shelf edge of continental ice ... of 
only 0.1 square mile (0.3 square km), it has no anchorage in its lagoon. .... View 
More. [DOC] [TLE] Antarctic Explorers: Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen [PAR] Bellingshausen's flagship was a 600 ton corvette named the VOSTOK . ... 1820 
Bellingshausen crossed the Antarctic Circle becoming the first to do so since ... 
He should have been able to see it so perhaps he simply mistook it for a wall of 
ice. ... snows and wind causing ice encrusted ropes and spars which concealed 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Antarctica - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Apr 4, 2016 ... Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (a captain in the Russian Imperial ... Von 
Bellingshausen is reported to have sighted Antarctica on January 27, 1820, three 
days ... by T. W. Edgeworth David became the first to climb Mount Erebus and ... 
The continent has approximately 90 percent of the world's ice (and... [DOC] [TLE] Antarctica, Science, Mythology, Pseudoscience, News - Crystalinks [PAR] The first confirmed sighting of Antarctica can be narrowed down to the crews of 
ships ... Von Bellingshausen supposedly saw Antarctica on January 27, 1820, 
three days ... He sailed along a huge wall of ice that was later named the Ross 
Ice Shelf. .... Since about 15 Mya, the continent has been mostly covered with ice. [DOC] [TLE] The Origin of the Names of the Continents - Today I Found Out [PAR] May 1, 2013 ... First on this list is Africa. ... Legend has it that he abducted her after taking on the 
form of a ... Alternatively, the name Eurpoa may have derived from the Greek ... 
this new world was not part of Asia, as some had initially thought. ... see the 
Antarctic Continent was Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen in 1820). [DOC] [TLE] The Boy Skipper Who Found A Continent | American History Lives at ... [PAR] Yet on that cold November morning when he sailed his tiny sloop Hero into a 
strait . . . literally filled with ice and saw the shore every where perpendicular he 
stepped .... Kruzenstern became the first Russian to circumnavigate the globe. ... 
vessels there under the command of Captain Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
. [DOC] [TLE] So that those interested may compare the type, approach, emphasis ... [PAR] The first ice was encountered five days later, and from then on conditions varied 
... it soon became evident that the winter would have to be spent in the drifting 
pack ice .... The ambitious objective of Filchner's Antarctic expedition was to 
discover ..... that he was preceded by Fabian von Bellingshausen (27 January 
1820) and... [DOC] [TLE] View Antarctica info - Viva Expeditions [PAR] You can either join an expedition cruise that departs from southern Argentina or 
... It is thought to have been by Fabian Gottileb von Bellingshausen who made ... 
on 30 January 1820 Edward Bransfield and William Smith became the first to ... 
East Antarctica takes up two thirds of the continent, also called Greater Antarctica. [DOC] [TLE] History of Antarctica - Lonely Planet Travel Information [PAR] By about 70 million years ago, the continents were becoming widely .... It's almost 
more remarkable that he didn't find Antarctica

Question: In 1820 Fabian von Bellingshausen may have become the first to see this continent that he thought was just ice
Answer: Antarctica