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Expeditions in Antarctica before the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, 1897. 1780s to 1839 – American and British whalers and sealers make incidental discoveries. 1819 – William Smith discovers South Shetland Islands), the first land discovered south of 60° south latitude
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
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 ...
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition; Second German Antarctic Expedition; Shackleton–Rowett Expedition; Shackleton's Hut; List of Antarctic exploration ships from the Heroic Age, 1897–1922; Southern Cross Expedition; Swedish Antarctic Expedition
Jonathan Mutch is a helicopter pilot in Antarctica with the tour company Quark Expeditions. Flightseeing is included in select Antarctic itineraries, which cost up to $26,000 per person.
Russian Antarctic Expedition: 1987 Summer 1995 Closed Pionérskaya Queen Mary Land Soviet Union Soviet Antarctic Expedition: 1956 Permanent −38 1959 Closed Plateau: Queen Maud Land United States United States Navy, National Science Foundation: 1965 Permanent −56.7 1969 Closed Pobeda Queen Mary Land Soviet Union Soviet Antarctic Expedition
The fabled expedition of Ernest Shackleton, the Anglo-Irish explorer who led 27 men on a voyage to Antarctica in 1914 aboard the three-masted barquentine schooner Endurance, only to see his ship ...
English expedition to explore Newfoundland and eastern Canada. Corte-Real expedition Gaspar Corte-Real: 1501 Labrador (Canada) Portuguese expedition to discover the Northwest Passage. Part of the expedition, captained by Gaspar's brother Miguel Corte-Real, were sent back to Portugal and are the only known survivors from this expedition.