A na-akpọ agwaetiti ahụ Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen na 21 Jenụwarị 1821 ma kpọọ ya maka Peter I nke Russia. Ọ bụghị ruo mgbe 2 February 1929 ka onye ọ bụla zọrọ ụkwụ n'àgwàetiti ahụ, mgbe Nils Larsen na Ola Olstad nke abụọ Norway Njem, nke Lars Christensen kwadoro, nwere ihe ịga nke ọma. Ha kwuru na ọ bụ maka Norway, bụ onye jikọtara ya na 1931 ma mee ka ọ dabere na 1933. Nkwụsị ọzọ mere na 1948 ma agwaetiti ahụ bụ isiokwu nke ụfọdụ nnyocha sayensị na obere njem nleta. Agwaetiti ahụ ghọrọ isiokwu nke nkwekọrịta Antarctic na 1961. Kemgbe afọ 1987, enwere ụlọ ọrụ ihu igwe na-akpaghị aka n'àgwàetiti ahụ.
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen