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She built a jury rig and diverted to Cape Town where she spent two months repairing her yacht, [2] [6] before recommencing her voyage to circumnavigate Antarctica and became the first female solo sailor to circumnavigate Antarctica with one stop. [1] [7] The whole trip, including the stop in Cape Town, took 183 days 7 hours and 21 minutes. [8]
Doug Stoup was the first person to undertake a cycling expedition in Antarctica. In January 2003 he rode 200 miles (320 km) on a specially designed "ice bike" around the Patriot Hills. [8] [9] In 2012, Helen Skelton became the first person to reach the South Pole using a bicycle. The bike was custom built for her trip with 8-inch-wide (20 cm ...
Mount Kirkpatrick (84°20′S 166°25′E) is a lofty, generally ice-free mountain in Queen Alexandra Range 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west of Mount Dickerson. At 4,528 metres (14,856 ft) it is the highest point in the Queen Alexandra Range, Antarctica. [1]
Bouvet Island (/ ˈ b uː v eɪ / BOO-vay; Norwegian: Bouvetøya [3] [bʉˈvèːœʏɑ]) [4] is an uninhabited island and dependency of Norway.It is a protected nature reserve. It is a subantarctic volcanic island, situated in the South Atlantic Ocean at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and is the world's most remote island.
Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of 14,200,000 km 2 (5,500,000 sq mi). Most of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, with an average thickness of 1.9 km (1.2 mi).
The Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration was an era in the exploration of the continent of Antarctica which began at the end of the 19th century, and ended after the First World War; the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition of 1921–1922 is often cited by historians as the dividing line between the "Heroic" and "Mechanical" ages. [1][2][3] During the ...
1924–1951 – Discovery Investigations. 1928 - First aeroplane flight over Antarctica by Hubert Wilkins and Carl Ben Eielson [11] 1929–1931 – British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) – led by Douglas Mawson. 1928–1930 – Richard Evelyn Byrd – First expedition.
Gibbs Point, a rock point on the Antarctic Peninsula, the most northern area of Antarctica, was named for African-American Antarctic explorer George W. Gibbs Jr. on September 2, 2009. [5] [7] On that date, the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names ( U.S. Board on Geographic Names ) confirmed the place name in Antarctica for Gibbs as the first ...