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Anauakaq (1906–1987; by Akatingwah) Matthew Alexander Henson (August 8, 1866 – March 9, 1955) was an African American explorer who accompanied Robert Peary on seven voyages to the Arctic over a period of nearly 23 years. They spent a total of 18 years on expeditions together. [1] He is best known for his participation in the 1908–1909 ...
5 days ago · Educated at Dulwich College (1887–90), Shackleton entered the mercantile marine service in 1890 and became a sublieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve in 1901. He joined Capt. Robert Falcon Scott’s British National Antarctic (Discovery) Expedition (1901–04) as third lieutenant and took part, with Scott and Edward Wilson, in the sledge journey over the Ross Ice Shelf when latitude 82°16 ...
Antarctica was the very last continent discovered. Though its existence was predicted for thousands of years, no one actually knew it was there! In the days of the Greek and Roman philosophers, people imagined that such a continent needed to exist at the bottom of the world to balance the top-heavy Northern Hemisphere.
May 2, 2024 · Roald Amundsen and his crew aboard the Gjøa. Amundsen studied medicine for a while and then took to sea. In 1897 he sailed as first mate on the Belgica in a Belgian expedition that was the first to winter in the Antarctic. In 1903, with a crew of six on his 47-ton sloop Gjøa, Amundsen began his mission to sail through the Northwest Passage ...
Dec 14, 2011 · Roald Amundsen, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel and Oscar Wisting in front of the tent erected at the South Pole, December 16, 1911, photograph by Olav Bjaaland.
While undertaking a doctorate at Sydney University, Douglas Mawson joined Ernest Shackleton’s 1907 to 1909 Nimrod expedition as a geologist, his first Antarctic experience. Along with his mentor Professor T.W. Edgeworth David, Mawson completed the longest Antarctic man-hauling sledge journey of 122 days. Coping with hunger, hidden crevasses ...
Feb 9, 2010 · American explorer Richard Byrd and three companions make the first flight over the South Pole, flying from their base on the Ross Ice Shelf to the pole and back in 18 hours and 41 minutes ...
