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Polar Exploration

By laurakincaid

  • 1610

    1610
    1610- Henry Hudson is 1st to try to find a way across the Arctic

  • 1773

    1773
    In 1773, Captain James Cook was the 1st to circumnavigate (go all the way around) Antarctica; he was also the 1st to see Antarctica in person.

  • 1840

    1840
    1840- James Clark Ross and crew 1st to discover an active volcano on Antarctica; identified 145 new species of fish in Antarctic waters

  • 1888

    1888
    1888- Fridtjof Nansen (of Norway) is the 1st to cross the Ice Cap in Greenland (Arctic Circle)

  • 1909

    1909
    1909- Robert Peary and Matthew Henson are the 1st to reach the North Pole.
    Matthew Henson is the 1st African American to reach the North Pole.

  • 1911

    1911
    1911- Roald Amundsen and his 4 men are 1st to reach the South Pole

  • 1912

    1912
    1912- Radio is used for the 1st time in Antarctica

  • 1925

    1925
    1925- Douglas MacMillan & Richard Byrd are the 1st to fly over the Arctic

  • 1928

    1928
    1928- Sir Hubert Wilkins and Carl B Eielson are the first to fly over Antarctica

  • 1935

    1935
    1935-Caroline Mikkelson (of Norway) is the 1st woman to set foot on Antarctica

  • 1958

    1958
    1958- USS Nautilus (and crew) is the 1st submarine to cross the Arctic- under water!

  • 1982

    1982
    1982- Sir Ranulpf Fiennes and team are 1st to circumnavigate (go all the way around) the Earth from South Pole to North Pole