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Lamont in c. 1861. James Lamont (28 April 1828 – 29 July 1913) was a Scottish explorer and author, particularly known for his voyages in the Arctic in 1858–59 and 1869–71, which were the topic of his two books, Seasons with the Sea-Horse (1861) and Yachting in the Arctic Seas (1876).
Jameson Adams; Mark Agnew; Stian Aker; Valerian Albanov; Roald Amundsen; Salomon August Andrée; Piotr Fyodorovich Anjou; Henryk Arctowski; Josée Auclair; Mikhail Babushkin
Vice-Admiral Archibald McMurdo (24 September 1812 – 11 December 1875) was a Scottish naval officer and polar explorer after whom Antarctica's McMurdo Sound, McMurdo Station, McMurdo Ice Shelf, McMurdo Dry Valleys and McMurdo–South Pole Highway are named.
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Captain William Penny (1809–1892) was a Scottish shipmaster, whaler and Arctic explorer. He undertook the first maritime search for the ships of Sir John Franklin . In 1840, Penny established the first whaling station in the Cumberland Sound area on Kekerten Island .
John Young Buchanan FRSE FRS FCS (20 February 1844 – 16 October 1925) was a Scottish chemist, oceanographer and Arctic explorer. He was an important part of the Challenger Expedition . Life
Pages in category "Scottish explorers" ... Thomas Mitchell (explorer) John Muir; George Murray (naturalist) James Murray (biologist) John Murray (oceanographer)
1770–1771: Samuel Hearne traces the Coppermine River to the Arctic Ocean; 1773: Ivan Lyakhov discovered Kotelny Island; 1773: The Phipps expedition towards the North Pole reaches 80° 37 ′ N, north of Spitsbergen. [1] This was the first Arctic expedition to carry out scientific research. [2]