In 1935 Lincoln Ellsworth flew over this continent & claimed parts of it for the U.S.
US claims within the sector previously explored by Admiral Byrd and by 
Lincoln ... claims based merely on discovery or on superficial exploration of 
parts of the... [DOC] [TLE] Antarctic History - Antarctica Online [PAR] It has been only 100 years since humans first occupied the continent of Antarctica 
... A boat from his sister ship did manage a brief landfall to claim the island ...... 
the first to fly over the south pole, at 1:14 in the morning on November 29, 1929.