<P> In 1820 , several expeditions claimed to have been the first to have sighted the ice shelf or the continent . A Russian expedition was led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev , a British expedition was captained by Edward Bransfield and an American sealer Nathaniel Palmer participated . The first landing was probably just over a year later when American Captain John Davis , a sealer , set foot on the ice . </P>
<P> In 1820 , several expeditions claimed to have been the first to have sighted the ice shelf or the continent . A Russian expedition was led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev , a British expedition was captained by Edward Bransfield and an American sealer Nathaniel Palmer participated . The first landing was probably just over a year later when American Captain John Davis , a sealer , set foot on the ice . </P>
who was the first person to land on antarctica
who was the first person to land on antarctica
American Captain John Davis
American Captain John Davis