虽然关于大陆漂移的学说在很早以前便有人提出了,但是关于在南半球存在一个原始陆块即冈瓦纳古陆的想法却只是十九世纪末期的事。所谓冈瓦纳古陆,包括现在的南美、非洲、阿拉伯、马达加斯加、斯里兰卡、印度、澳大利亚和南极。由于所处的特殊位置之故,南极洲在证明冈瓦纳古陆是否的确存在的问题上就成为至关重要的事。1937年,著名 Although a doctrine of continental drift was proposed long ago, the idea of ​​the existence of a primitive Gondwanaland in the southern hemisphere is only the late nineteenth century. The so-called Gondwanaland, now includes South America, Africa, Arabia, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, India, Australia and the Antarctic. Due to its special place, Antarctica has become crucial in proving the existence of the Gondwanaland. 1937, famous