A bust of Russian Faddey Bellingshausen was recently installed in Antarctica to honor his discovery of Antarctica. Whether he was the actual discoverer is somewhat debatable, as Bellinghausen, British Edward Bransfield, and American Nathan Palmer first sighted it in the same year (1820). Also, the discovery depends on the definition, as it could also go to those that first set foot on the continent in 1821 (also debatable whether it was John Davis, Nathan Palmer, etc) or the first to realize he had discovered a whole continent, Charles Wilkes.
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Explosion at Argentine Esperanza Base Kills Army Officer
On January 14, an explosion at Argentina's Esperanza base on the Antarctic peninsula killed one army officer. The explosion was caused while retrieving inflammable material leftovers.
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- Deadly blast at Argentine base in Antarctica (Washington Post, January 14, 2014)
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