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The Transglobe Expedition (1979–1982) was the first expedition to make a longitudinal (north–south) circumnavigation of the Earth using only surface transport. British adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes led a team, including Oliver Shepard and Charles R. Burton, that attempted to follow the Greenwich meridian over both land and water.
The earliest extant source that mentions Hyperborea in detail, Herodotus' Histories (Book IV, Chapters 32–36), [9] dates from c. 450 BC. [10] Herodotus recorded three earlier sources that supposedly mentioned the Hyperboreans, including Hesiod and Homer, the latter purportedly having written of Hyperborea in his lost work Epigoni.
Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957), was an American naval officer, [1] and pioneering aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. . Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plat
He first crossed in 2011, running 2,500 miles (4,000 km) from Ocean Beach in San Diego to Jacksonville, Fla., in 132 days on the Run for Research. His second journey covered 3,100 miles (5,000 km) from Half Moon Bay, Calif., to Boston in 108 days on the 2013 Run Coast 2 Coast. [13] [14] [self-published source]
The ship, a 29-year-old brigantine, was 129 feet (39 m) in length with a beam of 23 feet (7.0 m). She had been built for the Aleutian fishing industry ( karluk is the Aleut word for "fish") and later converted for whaling, when her bows and sides had been sheathed with 2-inch (51 mm) Australian ironwood .
At one point, the ice forced her 12 m (39 ft) up the face of a cliff. [8] She was trapped in the ice for ten months. [5] Captain Back's diary says that Christmas Day dinner 1836 was a "haunch of reindeer shot by Mr Gore". [9] Gore gained his first commission in January 1837, when he was appointed Lieutenant. [10]
Naomi Uemura (植村 直己, Uemura Naomi, February 12, 1941 – disappeared February 13, 1984) was a Japanese adventurer who was known particularly for his solo exploits. . For example, he was the first person to reach the North Pole solo, the first person to raft the Amazon River solo, and the first person to climb Denali so
The ship was launched on 17 December 1912 [3] and was initially christened Polaris after the North Star. [4] She was 144 ft (44 m) long, with a 25 ft (7.6 m) beam, [5] and measured 350 tons gross. [6] Her original purpose was to provide luxurious accommodation for small tourist and hunting parties in the Arctic as an ice-capable steam yacht. [7]