In 1935 Lincoln Ellsworth discovered the Eternity Range on this continent
The 
British Research Society ship Discovery II sighted them on January 15, 1936, 
near... [DOC] [TLE] The Antarctic - Dan's Topical Stamps [PAR] Nathaniel Palmer was the first American to sight the Antarctic continent in 1820 
while ... Lincoln Ellsworth made the first Trans-Antarctic flight, from Dundee Island 
to the Bay of Whales, November 23 to December 5, 1935 on the Polar Star.