Mammoth remains found in Siberian lake
Scientists are working to recover the well-preserved skeleton of a woolly mammoth from a lake in northern Siberia.
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Edith “Jackie” Ronne – a woman first (in Antarctica)
Edith “Jackie” Ronne was the first woman to take part in an Antarctic expedition with her husband Finn Ronne, to work there and overwinter.
Borchgrevink – First! (and third)
Carsten Borchgrevink was not the first person on the Antarctic continent. But the first one to overwinter there.
Frederick Albert Cook – Conqueror without Glory
Frederick Cook was a medical doctor. Cook accompanied Robert Peary on an expedition to Greenland. Later, they fought over the North Pole and its discovery.
Dinosaur footprint discovered in Antarctica
During an Antarctic expedition, researchers in northern Victorialand discovered a 200-million-year-old fossilized dinosaur footprint. It was a roughly hand-sized trace of an animal from the group of archosaurs.
