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→International Hydrographic Organization deems Southern Ocean to be the fifth ocean in the world
Some consider the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific to be the world's four oceans. Now, those that side with the number five can add the fifth new ocean and call it the Southern Ocean or the Antarctic Ocean, thanks to the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO).<ref>[https://www.thoughtco.com/the-new-fifth-ocean-1435095 The New Fifth Ocean]</ref>}}
Some consider the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific to be the world's four oceans. Now, those that side with the number five can add the fifth new ocean and call it the Southern Ocean or the Antarctic Ocean, thanks to the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO).<ref>[https://www.thoughtco.com/the-new-fifth-ocean-1435095 The New Fifth Ocean]</ref>}}
== History of exploration ==
{{Cquote|Bartolomeo Diaz was the first known explorer to have reached the Southern Ocean, when he circumnavigated the Cape of Good Hope in 1487. In 1770, Captain [[James Cook]] searched for land in the Southern Ocean but found none, but discovered the prize of Botany Bay, Australia instead. In 1819, land was first sighted in the Antarctic Circle and it took until 1911 for the first person, Roald Amundsen, to reach the South Pole.<ref>[https://www.hurtigruten.com/destinations/antarctica/inspiration/sailing-the-southern-ocean/ Sailing the Southern Ocean]</ref>}}
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