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Discovery, exploration and conservation of Antarctica
… fur trapper Nathaniel Palmer and the voyager Gottlieb von Bellinghausen. 1821 : The German-Baltic seafarer and officer in the Russian Navy Fabian Gottlieb von … and passages in Antarctic waters on the Grönland, commissioned by the newly founded German polar shipping company. His route includes the Wilhelm Archipelago off the … attempted to establish regulations on mineral resource activities in Antarctica. Environmental groups such as Greenpeace and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) have …