Second Expedition
In 1837, an expedition led by Jules Dumont d'Urville to the South Polar regions, he sailed along a coastal area of Antarctica that he named the Adélie Coast in honour of his wife, led for the first time some experiments to determine the approximate position of the South magnetic pole, and landed on an islet of Geologie Archipelago (66°36′19″S 140°4′0″E / 66.60528°S 140.066667°E / -66.60528; 140.066667) 4 km from the mainland to take mineral and animal samples. On his return in 1840, he was made rear admiral.
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