hiː wʌzðə fˈɜːst pˈɜːsən nˈoʊn tə kəndʒˈɛktʃɚ, ɪn hɪz bˈʊk mˌiːɾɪoːɹˈɑːlədʒi, ðɪ ɛɡzˈɪstəns əvə lˈændmæs ɪnðə sˈʌðɚn hˈaɪlˈæɾɪtˌuːd ɹˈiːdʒən, wˌɪtʃ hiː kˈɔːld æntˈɑːɹktɪkə.
He was the first person known to conjecture, in his book Meteorology, the existence of a landmass in the southern high-latitude region, which he called Antarctica.