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Milorgknausane nunataks, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica 1979 Aircraft: 3 Molodezhnaya Ice Station plane crash [21] near Molodezhnaya Ice Station, Antarctica 11 survivors 1989 Aircraft: 3 Mirny Station plane crash [22] Mirny Station, Antarctica 1999 Aircraft: 3 Terre Adélie helicopter crash [23] near the Dumont d'Urville Station, Terre Adélie ...
He died heavily in debt, [190] his small estate consisting of personal effects to the value of £556 (equivalent to £38,349 in 2023). [65] [191] Lady Shackleton died in 1936, having survived her husband by fourteen years. [192] On 27 November 2011, the ashes of Frank Wild were interred on the right-hand side of Shackleton's gravesite in Grytviken.
The history of Antarctica emerges from early Western theories of a vast continent, known as Terra Australis, believed to exist in the far south of the globe. The term Antarctic , referring to the opposite of the Arctic Circle , was coined by Marinus of Tyre in the 2nd century AD.
To mark the 25th anniversary of the Erebus disaster, a wreath-laying ceremony and memorial service was held on Antarctica in 2004. [60] In January 2010, a 26-kilogram (57 lb) sculpted koru containing letters written by the loved ones of those who died was placed next to the Antarctic cross. [61]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 March 2025. British Antarctic explorer (1868–1912) "Scott of the Antarctic" redirects here. For the film, see Scott of the Antarctic (film). Robert Falcon Scott Robert Falcon Scott in 1905 Born (1868-06-06) 6 June 1868 Plymouth, Devon, England Died c. 29 March 1912 (1912-03-29) (aged 43) Ross Ice ...
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 ...
Accidental deaths in Antarctica (1 C, 5 P) E. Antarctic expedition deaths (15 P) U. Unsolved deaths in Antarctica (2 P)
Most of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, with an average thickness of 1.9 km (1.2 mi). Antarctica is, on average, the coldest, driest, and windiest of the continents, and it has the highest average elevation. It is mainly a polar desert, with annual precipitation of over 200 mm (8 in) along the coast and far less inland.