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James Weddell
James Weddell was a British sailor, navigator and seal hunter who in February 1823 sailed to latitude of 74° 15′ S—a record 7.69 degrees or 532 statute miles south of the Antarctic Circle—and into a region of the Southern Ocean that later became known as the Weddell Sea. Wikipedia. -
James Clark Ross
Sir James Clark Ross, (born April 15, 1800, London, Eng.—died April 3, 1862, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire), British naval officer who carried out important magnetic surveys in the Arctic and Antarctic and discovered the Ross Sea and the Victoria Land region of Antarctica. Britannica -
Adrien de Gerlache
Baron Adrien de Gerlache was an officer in the Belgian Royal Navy who led the Belgian Scientific Antarctic Expedition of 1897–99 onboard the ship Belgica. His first mate was Roald Amundsen. CoolAntarctica.com
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History of Antarctic explorers timeline
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Robert Falcon Scott
Captain Robert Falcon Scott was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery expedition of 1901–1904 and the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition of 1910–1913. Wikipedia
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Roald Amundsen
Born in Borge, Østfold, Norway, Amundsen began his career as a polar explorer as first mate on Adrien de Gerlache's Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–1899.He left Norway in June 1910 on the ship Fram and reached Antarctica in January 1911. His party established a camp at the Bay of Whales before setting out for the pole in October. The party of five, became the first to successfully reach the South Pole on 14 December 1911. Born 16 Jul 1872. Died 18 Jun 1928. Wikipedia -
Douglas Mawson expedition
https://youtu.be/4BJE3671CVw Mawson was the principal instigator of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–1914). The expedition explored thousands of kilometres of previously unexplored regions, collected samples, and made important scientific observations. Mawson was the sole survivor of the three-man Far Eastern Party. Their deaths forced him to travel alone for over a month to return to the expedition's main base. -
Ernest Henry Shackleton
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton was born February 15, 1874 in County Kildare, Ireland. In 1901 he joined Robert Falcon Scott on a trek to the South Pole, but fell seriously ill and had to return home. On August 1, 1914 he set sail with a crew onboard the Endurance, leading his own antarctic expedition. The ship became trapped in the ice, and it would be August 25, 1916 before all were rescued - everyone survived. He died on January 5, 1922 and was buried on South Georgia, Island. biography.com -
Sir Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, (born July 20, 1919, Auckland, New Zealand—died January 11, 2008, Auckland), New Zealand mountain climber and Antarctic explorer. He reached the South Pole by tractor on January 4, 1958, and on an expedition of Antarctica in 1967, he was among those who scaled Mount Herschel (10,941 feet [3,335 metres]) for the first time. Britannica. -
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Apache County Library Books on Antarctica
