Questions 1-10 Complete the table below. Write one word and / or a number

Useful strategy: identifying locating words and phrases
The locating words and phrases are all dates, time 
phrases and proper nouns, as follows: 
The Discovery of Antarctica
18
th
 and Early 19
th
 Centuries
y
1773: James Cook saw several rocky
1
from his ship near Antarctica
y
1820: Bellingshausen and Lazarev saw the coast of 
Antarctica
y
1821: while hunting 
2
at sea, 
John Davis landed in Antarctica
y
1829–31: the first 
3
was brought 
back from Antarctica
Late 19
th
 Century
y
1895: The International Geographical Congress 
encouraged exploration and 
4
in Antarctica
y
1898: a Belgian expedition stayed in Antarctica 
over 
5
y
1898: 
6
were used for transport 
for the first time
Useful strategy: anticipating possible answers
1 
y
1821: on an expedition to hunt 
2
, 
John Davis landed in Antarctica 
‘hunt’: so, this must be an animal or bird that 
humans hunted 
y
1829–31: the first 
3
was brought 
back from Antarctica 
‘first’: so, this had not been done before 
‘brought back’: so, this must have been small 
enough to be transportable
y
1895: The International Geographical Congress 
encouraged exploration and 
4
in Antarctica 
‘encouraged’: so, this must be an activity that the 
International Geographical Congress would have 
been likely to encourage 
‘exploration’: so, this is likely to be a noun to complete 
the phrase ‘exploration’ and 
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y
1898: a Belgian expedition stayed in Antarctica 
over 
5
.
‘stayed’: so, this must be something that will work 
with the verb ‘to stay’ 
‘over’: so, this must be something that works with 
the adverb ‘over’
y
1898: 
6
were used for transport 
for the first time 
‘for transport’: so, this must be some form of 
transport 
‘for the first time’: so, this had not been done before