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1872–1874: Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition led by Captain Karl Weyprecht discovers Franz Josef Land; 1873: Benjamin Leigh Smith comes to Nordenskiöld's aid in Spitsbergen; 1875: Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld is the first to reach the Yenisey by sea; 1875–1876: British Arctic Expedition led by Captain George Nares
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1990 – 1st North Korean Antarctic Expedition [15] 1990 – Snotsicle Traverse Ski expedition – South Pole to Ross Sea inland edge via Scott Glacier. 9 611 km in 35 days– led by Martyn Williams [16] 1990–1991 – 2nd North Korean Antarctic Expedition [15]
The 10 °C (50 °F) mean isotherm in July line (in red) commonly defines the border of the Arctic region. Arctic exploration is the physical exploration of the Arctic region of the Earth. It refers to the historical period during which mankind has explored the region north of the Arctic Circle.
The Mackenzie River expedition of 1825–1827 was the second of three Arctic expeditions led by explorer John Franklin and organized by the Royal Navy. Its goal was the exploration of the North American coast between the mouths of the Mackenzie and Coppermine rivers and Bering Strait , in what is now present-day Alaska , Yukon , the Northwest ...
The belief that a route lay to the far north persisted for several centuries and led to numerous expeditions into the Arctic. Many ended in disaster, including that by Sir John Franklin in 1845. While searching for him the McClure Arctic Expedition discovered the Northwest Passage in 1850.
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Of the participants of the previous expedition to the Arctic, Captain Sverdrup took only the harpooner P. Henriksen with him. Of the 16 members of the expedition, 11 were professional seamen from the merchant or military navy. Two were not Norwegian: they were scientists — the Danish zoologist Bai and the Swedish botanist Simmons. [7]