Antarctica was discovered 1000 years before it was officially "found" by Westerners

Scientists from New Zealand analyzed oral histories about a Polynesian explorer who followed

 “an icy mountain continent.”To find evidence, they analyzed "gray literature," or historical accounts that had not been published in peer-reviewed journals, and integrated them with oral histories and Indigenous works of art.

Results of a deep dive into historyindigenous peoples surprised scientists. According to most historical accounts, Polynesians probably discovered the southernmost continent 1,000 years before Westerners first noticed it in 1820.

Polynesian explorer Hui Te Rangiora (also known as Xi Te Rangiora) and his team sailed into Antarctic waters aboard the Te Ivi o Atea ship in 600 AD.

The Maori (and Polynesian) connection to Antarctica and its waters has been part of Antarctic history since around the seventh century.

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According to researchers, after residentsThe West first reached Antarctica in the 19th century, with a group of Maori joining their voyages as crew members and even as medical workers, although prejudice against indigenous peoples prevailed at the time.

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