Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: On that day the two-ship expedition led by Von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev reached a point within 32 kilometers ( 20 mi ) of the Antarctic mainland and saw ice fields there .
Simplified: On that day the two-ship journey led by Von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev reached a point within 32 kilometers ( 20 mi ) of the Antarctic mainland and saw ice fields there .