7th of September
Historical Antarctic Pictures and Events
Jules Sebastian Cesar Dumont D'Urville with the ships L'Astrolabe and Zéléé, 1837 - 1840.
1837 - French ships L'Astrolabe and La Zéléé under the command of Captain Jules Sébastien-César Dumont d'Urville leave Toulon with the aim to locate the southern magnetic pole.