Prologue
A note and some history to the Readers
For those who are reading this story, this is a story about the young girl, Antarctica and her struggles to be known and heard among all the other countries that surround her. Those who will also come into play are Arctica, and the many friends she make along the way, so sit back and relax. And if you don't like history, you might want to skim or skip to the next page.
Terra Australis Incognita ("Unknown Southern Land") was a vast continent believed to exist at the bottom of the world. Nothing but a myth to many, it was supposed to balance the world with the Arctic Circle at the top of the world.
Not many can truly claim right to discovering the frozen desert, and it is argued who truly discovered it, James Cook the British explorer, navigator, and cartographer? Or Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, Estonian and Russian explorers on an expedition for the Imperial Russian Navy? Some even say it was the American Captain John Davis, who was a sealer and the first to put foot on Antarctica.
But for who found her first, seven have claim on her. The countries of Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom all have their personally claimed pieces of land.
And so was her discovery.