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1930–1931: British Arctic Air Route Expedition was an expedition, led by Gino Watkins, that aimed to draw improved maps and charts of poorly surveyed sections of Greenland's coastline 1931 : Successful research trip by airship Graf Zeppelin led by Hugo Eckener
Edwin De Haven leads USS Advance and Rescue in the American-led Grinnell expedition. The McClure Arctic expedition headed by Robert McClure and Richard Collinson searches via the Bering Strait. [140] 7 March [145] The British government offers £20,000 to anyone assisting members of the Expedition and £10,000 for ascertaining its fate.
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.
When the ships failed to return, relief expeditions and search parties explored the Canadian Arctic, which resulted in a thorough charting of the region, along with a possible passage. Many artifacts from the expedition were found over the next century and a half, including notes that the ships were ice-locked in 1846 near King William Island ...
The first land-based scientific expedition on South Georgia was the 1882–83 German Polar Year expedition at Moltke Harbour, Royal Bay. During the late 18th century and throughout the 19th century, South Georgia was inhabited by English and Yankee sealers, who used to live there for considerable periods of time and sometimes overwintered. [8]
Sir John Barrow was the driving force for the Royal Navy's exploration of the Arctic in the early 19th century. In the years following the Napoleonic Wars, the British Navy, under the influence of Sir John Barrow, turned its attention to the discovery of the Northwest Passage, a putative sea route around the north coast of North America which would allow European ships easy access to the ...
In the late 19th century, when this phase of science was drawing to a close, it became possible to earn a living as a professional scientist although photography was beginning to replace the illustrators. The exploratory sailing ship had gradually evolved into the modern research vessels. From now on maritime research in new European colonies ...
Category:19th century in the Arctic only covers the area north of the Arctic Circle (66° 33’N). Articles that fall outside of this definition should not be included in this category. Arctic explains the various definitions of Arctic.