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QWho was the first woman to step onto the Antarctic mainland?

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  • A Edward Bransfield ✔ ✖
  • B Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen ✔ ✖
  • C Nathaniel Palmer ✔ ✖
  • D James Clark Ross ✔ ✖
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Edward Bransfield, a British sailor and captain in the Royal Navy, is credited with the first sighting of the Antarctic Peninsula.
On 30 January 1820, he discovered the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, coming within about 120 km of the coast before retreating due to field ice.

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