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  2. List of Antarctic expeditions - Wikipedia

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    Expeditions in Antarctica before the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, 1897 1780s to 1839 – American and British whalers and sealers make incidental discoveries. 1819 – William Smith discovers South Shetland Islands ( 62°00′S 58°00′W  /  62.000°S 58.000°W  / -62.000; -58.000 ), the first land discovered south of 60 ...

  3. Category:Antarctic expeditions - Wikipedia

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    Scottish National Antarctic Expedition; Second German Antarctic Expedition; Shackleton–Rowett Expedition; List of Antarctic exploration ships from the Heroic Age, 1897–1922; South Polar Times; South Pole–Queen Maud Land Traverse; Southern Cross Expedition; Southern Ocean Expedition; Swedish Antarctic Expedition

  4. Nimrod Expedition - Wikipedia

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    The expedition's ship Nimrod departing for the South Pole. Shackleton intended to arrive in Antarctica in January 1908, which meant leaving England during the 1907 summer. He therefore had six months to secure the financing, acquire and fit out a ship, buy all the equipment and supplies, and recruit the personnel.

  5. List of years in Antarctica - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 18 December 2023, at 16:26 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  6. Lars-Eric Lindblad - Wikipedia

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    Lars-Eric Lindblad (January 23, 1927 – July 8, 1994) was a Swedish-American entrepreneur and explorer, who pioneered tourism to many remote and exotic parts of the world. . He led the first tourist expedition to Antarctica in 1966 [1] in a chartered Argentine navy ship, and for many years operated his own vessel, the MS Lindblad Explorer, in the regi

  7. Heritage Expeditions - Wikipedia

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    Heritage Expeditions is an expedition cruise tourism company operating from Christchurch, New Zealand. [1] The company was established by the Russ family, [ 2 ] and currently offers a range of expedition cruises and excursions in Antarctica , Subantarctic , New Zealand, Australia, the South Pacific and Japan.

  8. Discovery Expedition - Wikipedia

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    The expedition ship RRS Discovery in the Antarctic alongside the Great Ice Barrier, now known as the Ross Ice Shelf. The Discovery Expedition of 1901–1904, known officially as the British National Antarctic Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since the voyage of James Clark Ross sixty years earlier (1839–1843).

  9. United States Antarctic Service Expedition - Wikipedia

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    The United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941), often referred to as Byrd's Third Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition jointly sponsored by the United States Navy, State Department, Department of the Interior and The Treasury. Although a U.S.-government sponsored expedition, additional support came from donations and gifts by ...