28 January, Russia celebrates 200 years since the opening of the Russian sailors of the sixth continent – Antarctica. In 1820, round-the-world expedition led by Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev landed on the icy coast of the southern continent. On this day, Lazarev wrote: “Watched “mater” ice extraordinary height, and …
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