Today, 205 years ago, on January 30, 1820 (December 15, 1819), Antarctica was discovered. Antarctica is also known as the seventh continent, the last continent to be reached by humans, the only continent without indigenous inhabitants. At the southernmost end of the earth, the land is almost within the Antarctic Circle, four-rounded by the Pacific, Indian Ocean and Atlantic Ocean. It is the world's highest continent in geographical latitude. The total area of the Antarctic continent is 13.9 million square kilometers, equivalent to the sum of the area of China and the Indian subcontinent, ranked fifth in the world. At the time the Antarctic was discovered, there are many statements, and the British say: "It was the British Captain James Cook in January 1774 that sailed