Russian Antarctic Expedition

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Russian_Antarctic_Expedition
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arctic_exploration
gptkbp:country gptkb:Russian_Empire
gptkbp:dateOfFirstAntarcticSighting January 27, 1820
gptkbp:departedFrom gptkb:Kronstadt
gptkbp:endDate 1821
gptkbp:fleetSize gptkb:Mirny
gptkb:Vostok
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Russian Antarctic Expedition
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Fabian_Gottlieb_von_Bellingshausen
gptkb:Mikhail_Lazarev
gptkbp:notableAchievement first sighting of the Antarctic continent
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Ivan_Annenkov
gptkb:Ivan_Zavodovsky
gptkb:Pavel_Novosilsky
gptkbp:purpose search for Terra Australis
exploration of the Southern Ocean
gptkbp:result collected scientific data
discovered several Antarctic islands
mapped parts of the Antarctic coastline
gptkbp:returnedTo gptkb:Kronstadt
gptkbp:startYear 1819
gptkbp:totalDistanceTraveled approximately 49,723 miles
gptkbp:visitedBy gptkb:Peter_I_Island
gptkb:South_Sandwich_Islands
gptkb:South_Shetland_Islands
gptkb:Alexander_Island
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lake_Vostok
gptkb:Ross_Ice_Shelf
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6