   this is a timeline of the history of new zealand's involvement with antarctica. == eighteenth and nineteenth centuries == ;1838â1840 *french and american expeditions, led by jules dumont d'urville and charles wilkes. john sac, a mÄori travelling with wilkes, becomes the first new zealander to cross the antarctic circle. p 72. ;1895 *new zealander alexander von tunzelmann becomes the first person to set foot on antarctica, at cape adare. p 73. ;1899 *february british expedition led by carstens borchgrevink, including several new zealanders, establishes first base in antarctica, at cape adare. this expedition becomes the first to winter over on the continent. == 1900s == ;1902 * scott island (formerly markham island) was discovered and landed upon by captain william colbeck. == 1910s == ;1910 * robert falcon scott leaves for antarctica from port chalmers. scott's party later died on the return journey after being delayed by a blizzard. ;1911â1914 *four new zealanders (h hamilton, aj sawyer, en webb, and la webber) are members of douglas mawson's australian antarctic expedition. p 74. == 1920s == ;1923 * ross dependency proclaimed on 30 july as a british territory entrusted to new zealand. ;1928 * us navy rear admiral richard evelyn byrd leaves dunedin for the first sea-air exploration expedition to the antarctic. byrd overflew the south pole with pilot bernt balchen on 28 and 29 november 1929, to match his overflight of the north pole in 1926. ;1929 *combined uk-australia-nz expedition led by douglas mawson; new zealand members include ra falla and rg simmers. p 75. == 1930s == ;1933 * new zealand antarctic society founded. == 1940s == ;1946 *new zealand joins the international whaling commission to help oversee whaling in the southern ocean. ;1949 *first publication of new zealand antarctic society quarterly journal, antarctic == 1950s == ;1955 *in august, the new zealand government decide to establish an antarctic base as part of its contribution to international geophysical year (1957â58). pp 75â76. ;1956 * mcmurdo station established; construction of both scott base and amundsen-scott south pole station started. ;1957 *20 january scott base established in ross dependency. * new zealand geological survey antarctic expedition (nzgsae) of 1957â58; named the borchgrevink glacier. * [[hallet
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