File:USS Peacock in ice, 1840.jpg
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Description English: The US Navy sloop USS Peacock was stuck in the ice in January 1840, shortly after the first confirmed sighting of the Antarctic continent by a US Navy ship. She was lost on the Columbia river in July 1841. Date Source plate facing page 302, volume 2, Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. By Charles Wilkes, publisher 1845 http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~32597~1151966:Peacock-in-contact-with-ice-berg--A?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:peacock;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=3&trs=5# Author Alfred Agate, although in pencil "Charles Guillou|Guillou appears
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