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This list of Antarctica expeditions is a chronological list of expeditions involving Antarctica. Although the existence of a southern continent had been hypothesized as early as the writings of Ptolemy in the 1st century AD, the South Pole was not reached until 1911.
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
Left to right: Roald Amundsen, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel and Oscar Wisting after first reaching the South Pole on 16 December 1911. 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 ...
This list includes all the main Antarctic exploration ships that were employed in the seventeen expeditions that took place in the era between 1897 and 1922, known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. A subsidiary list gives details of support and relief vessels that played significant roles in the expeditions they were commissioned to ...
Russian Antarctic Expedition: 1987 Summer 1995 Closed Pionérskaya Queen Mary Land Soviet Union Soviet Antarctic Expedition: 1956 Permanent −38 1959 Closed Plateau: Queen Maud Land United States United States Navy, National Science Foundation: 1965 Permanent −56.7 1969 Closed Pobeda Queen Mary Land Soviet Union Soviet Antarctic Expedition
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition; Second German Antarctic Expedition; Shackleton–Rowett Expedition; Shackleton's Hut; List of Antarctic exploration ships from the Heroic Age, 1897–1922; Southern Cross Expedition; Swedish Antarctic Expedition
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