November 4, 2024

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New Research Shows Māori Traveled to Antarctica at Least 1,000 Years Before Europeans

JACINTA BOWLER 7 JUNE 2021

When we think of Antarctic exploration, the narrative is overwhelmingly white. The first confirmed sighting of mainland Antarctica was attributed to a Russian expedition in 1820, while the first landing on the mainland is attributed to an American explorer in 1821.

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