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Wilkes was the first to provide proof of the existence of an Antarctic continent. ... 
1838, and landed on the Adlie Coast, on the other side of Antarctica, in January 
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They build huts and become the first to winter over on the continent. ... It was 
during this expedition that the first major sledge journey in Antarctica took ... 
Letters are left for Scott, a Norwegian flag planted and then they return to the Bay 
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Question: The U.S. flag first flew on this continent in 1840 during the Charles Wilkes expedition
Answer: Antarctica