Will The Exploration Of The Antarctic Continent Soon Cease?

February 18th, 2010 by admin

It was one hundred years ago when the whaling ship called Antarctic lowered its anchor of the volcanic coast of this wind-battered landmass. Soon it sent a longboat to the landmass through the rough waters of the Ross Sea. The party with their Captain, Leonard Kristensen, leading them landed and left the very first set of human footprints on the shores of Antarctica. January 24,1895 was the date of their historic landing, and was only one part of their endeavor to hunt whales in unexplored waters. Your one-stop resource on cruises to antartica is waiting for you. Antarctica proceeded to be baptized with blood. Countless animals were killed for the money that could be made off of them. For example, seals were murdered for their fur, whales and penguin were slaughtered for the oil they produce which was used to grease the machinery during the Industrial Revolution. It was on Macquarie Island that hundreds of thousands of scared penguins were rounded up, forced up boards leaning on pots of boiling oil, and forced to fall in to add their own oil to the mix.

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