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QWho is credited with the first sighting of the Antarctic Peninsula?

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  • A Edward Bransfield ✔ ✖
  • B Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen ✔ ✖
  • C James Cook ✔ ✖
  • D Charles Wilkes ✔ ✖
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Captain James Cook, during his expeditions, crossed the Antarctic Circle multiple times.
His ships, HMS Resolution and Adventure, crossed the Antarctic Circle on 17 January 1773, in December 1773, and again in January 1774, coming close to the Antarctic coast.

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