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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
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
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
<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 ...
The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
Map of Antarctica, showing (red rectangle) the area of the expedition's operations. Wellington (New Zealand) and Sydney (Australia) appear on the bottom edge of the map. The Japanese Antarctic Expedition of 1910–12, in the ship Kainan Maru, was the first such expedition by a non-European nation
A peak rising to over 4,200 metres (13,800 ft) high, 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) west of Mount Kirkpatrick. Named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1995 after Thomas H. Fleming, geologist, Ohio State University, who conducted field research in this area, 1985-86 and 1990-91.
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 ...