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==Exploration== * January 17 β English Captain [[James Cook]] becomes the first European explorer to cross the [[Antarctic Circle]]. * Spring β English Captain [[Tobias Furneaux]] explores the coast of [[Van Diemen's Land]]. * June 4 β September 30 β British Royal Navy [[1773 Phipps expedition towards the North Pole|Phipps expedition towards the North Pole]], which produces the first scientific description of the [[polar bear]] and the [[ivory gull]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Savours|first=Ann|authorlink=Ann Savours Shirley|date=1984|title="A Very Interesting Point in Geography": The 1773 Phipps Expedition towards the North Pole|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40510304|journal=Arctic|volume=37|issue=4|pages=402β428|doi=10.14430/arctic2224|jstor=40510304|issn=0004-0843|doi-access=free|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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