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==Expeditions== | ==Expeditions== | ||
[[File:MawsonMcKayDavid-sp.jpg|thumb|300px|Mawson, McKay, and David at the Magnetic South Pole]] | [[File:MawsonMcKayDavid-sp.jpg|thumb|300px|Mawson, McKay, and David at the Magnetic South Pole]] | ||
Early unsuccessful attempts to reach the magnetic south pole included those of French explorer Dumont d'Urville (1837–40), American Charles Wilkes (expedition of 1838–42) and Briton James Clark Ross (expedition of 1839 to 1843). | Early unsuccessful attempts to reach the magnetic south pole included those of French explorer Dumont d'Urville (1837–40), American [[Charles Wilkes]] (expedition of 1838–42) and Briton [[James Clark Ross]] (expedition of 1839 to 1843). | ||
The first calculation of the magnetic inclination to locate the magnetic South Pole was made on January 23, 1838 by the hydrographer Clément Adrien Vincendon-Dumoulin (fr), a member of the Dumont d'Urville expedition in Antarctica and Oceania on the corvettes "L'Astrolabe" and "Zélée" in 1837-1840, which discovered Adelie Land. | The first calculation of the magnetic inclination to locate the magnetic South Pole was made on January 23, 1838 by the hydrographer Clément Adrien Vincendon-Dumoulin (fr), a member of the Dumont d'Urville expedition in Antarctica and Oceania on the corvettes "L'Astrolabe" and "Zélée" in 1837-1840, which discovered Adelie Land. | ||