William Smith
British explorer
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Antarctic Peninsula
- In Antarctic Peninsula
…on January 30, 1820, when William Smith, a sealer, and Edward Bransfield, of the Royal Navy, sailed through what is now Bransfield Strait and saw the Antarctic Peninsula. Many nations have operated Antarctic Survey stations on the peninsula or adjacent islands.
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South Shetland Islands
- In South Shetland Islands
…were sighted by the sealer William Smith in 1819 and are uninhabited.
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