Did Ancient Polynesian Sailors Reach Antarctica? Not Quite, Study Says
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="schema:primaryImageOfPage og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/Did-Ancient-Polynesian.jpg?itok=OJszERGE"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/Did-Ancient-Polynesian.jpg?itok=OJszERGE" width="610" height="380" alt="Mt. Herschel, Antarctica in the wintertime" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="schema:description content:encoded"><p>Polynesian peoples were sailing far and wide across the southwestern Pacific Ocean long ago, demonstrating a seafaring skill that is both impressive and awe-inspiring.</p>
<p>Given how far they advanced in their
Pacific explorations, it is natural to wonder whether or not they ever reached Antarctica. Some researchers have claimed
they did, and that they were actually the original discoverers of that continent. But in a study recently published in the journal <a href="
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/arco.5337" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">
Archaeology in Oceania[/url], a team of scholars present the evidence that caused them to conclude that the ancient Polynesians never made it quite that far south, despite the astonishing success of their long-distance explorations.</p>
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