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Fram.museum.no, map of Antarctic Expeditions 1772 – 1931 at The Fram Museum (Frammuseet) SPRI.cam.ac.uk, index to Antarctic Expeditions at the Scott Polar Research Institute's website; Antarctic Expeditions, information about some of them from the British Antarctic Survey; Antarctic-circle.org, Chronologies and Timelines of Antarctic Exploration
Expeditions sponsored by several nations approached the Antarctic continent early in the 19th century. Among the leaders was Charles Wilkes , a U.S. Navy lieutenant who commanded an expedition in 1839–40 that was the first to prove the existence of the continent.
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 ...
Norwegian expedition landing on Peter I Island in 1929. The United States, Chile, the Soviet Union and Germany disputed Norway's claim. [18] [19] In 1938, Germany dispatched the German Antarctic Expedition, led by Alfred Ritscher, to fly over as much of it as possible. [17] The ship Schwabenland reached the pack ice off Antarctica on 19 January ...
The Southern Cross docked in Hobart, Australia before its departure for Antarctica, December 17, 1898. In the 1820s when mainland Antarctica was first discovered, the current gateway cities didn't have the infrastructure to support expeditions so ships departed from more northerly ports such as Valparaíso, Chile and Sydney, Australia.
Map of Union Glacier. The camp is operated by Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions LLC (ALE), a company that provides expedition support and tours to the interior of Antarctica. [2] [3] [4] The camp is situated near Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway SCGC a rare, naturally occurring, blue ice runway [5] that allows wheeled jet cargo aircraft to land.
The camp was run by the private company Adventure Network International (now Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions LLC, known as ALE), [1] a company that provides expedition support and tours to the interior of Antarctica. [2] It was constructed in 1987 [3] and used during the summer months of November to January. [4]
Part of a traverse, which was bringing fuel, food, and other supplies from Dumont d'Urville Station to Dome C (Concordia Station).January 2005. Transport in Antarctica has transformed from explorers crossing the isolated remote area of Antarctica by foot to a more open era due to human technologies enabling more convenient and faster transport, predominantly by air and water, but also by land ...