While the natives of Tierra del Fuego were not capable of true oceanic travel , there is some evidence of Polynesian visits to some of the sub antarctic islands to the south of New Zealand .
These are further from Antarctica than South America .
While the natives of Tierra del Fuego were not capable of true oceanic travel , there is some evidence of Polynesian visits to some of the sub antarctic islands to the south of New Zealand , although these are further from Antarctica than South America .