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December 31, 2010

Saturday, 31 December 1910

Scott

"First Light Striking the Transantarctic Mountains (Admiralty Mountain Range of Victoria Land)", watercolour by Alfred Memelink. [1]

The first glimpse of Antarctica came on New Year's Eve, when the peaks of the Admiralty Range appeared in the distance to the west.


Notes:

[1] Alfred Memelink. Used with permission.