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English: Map showing the polar journeys of the Scott's Terra Nova expedition (green) and Amundsen's expedition (red) to reach the South Pole Français : Carte montrant les parcours de l'expédition Terra Nova de Scott (vert) et celle d'Amundsen (rouge) pour atteindre le Pôle Sud
1981–1982 – First Indian Expedition to Antarctica – led by Dr. Sayed Zahoor Qasim; 1982 – Falkland Islands War; 1982–1983 – First Brazilian Expedition to Antarctica – 1982–1983 – Second Indian Expedition to Antarctica – led by V. K. Raina; 1982–1984 – 28th Soviet Antarctic Expedition – led by N. Kornilov, A. Artemyev
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Antarctica is the southernmost continent on Earth. While Antarctica has never had a permanent human population, it has been explored by various groups, and many locations on and around the continent have been described. This page lists notable places in and immediately surrounding the Antarctic continent, including geographic features, bodies ...
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 ...
<p>Chances are you make it through most days without sparing a thought for Antarctica. At just over 5.4 million square miles, it's a massive chunk of land that is nearly twice the size of ...
My mom and I went on a 21-day expedition cruise aboard the Seabourn Pursuit for $26,000 each.. We went on excursions and saw wildlife throughout Antarctica, the Falkland Islands, and Georgia ...
The map was drawn by the aircraft mechanic Franz Preuschoff and is as such referred to as the "Preuschoff map". This map was incorporated in the 1939 1: 10,000,000 scale map of Antarctica by Australian cartographer E. P. Bayliss. A reference to the expedition was posted in the Berlin Zoological Garden in front of the Emperor penguin enclosure ...