History of Antarctica
For centuries, it was believed that a great unknown continent encompassed much of the southern end of the globe.
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The Polar History section contains information about the people that explored the furthest reaches of the globe. In this section, you can learn about some of the explorers that set out to find the ends of the Earth.
Featured Article: Umberto Nobile
Nobile Umberto (1885-1978), an Italian aviator, engineer, and explorer. He was a pioneer in the development of lighter-than-air craft and one of the first men to fly over the North Pole. See more »
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William Baffin
Baffin, William (1584-1622), an English navigator. He was pilot of the ship Discovery searching for the Northwest Passage.
See more »Adolphus Greely
Greely, Adolphus Washington (1844-1935), a United States army officer and Arctic explorer.
See more »Charles Wilkes
Wilkes, Charles (1798-1877), a United States naval officer and explorer. As a lieutenant, Wilkes commanded the U.S.
See more »D. B. Macmillan
MacMillan, Donald Baxter (1874-1970), a United States Arctic explorer and scientist.
See more »Duke of the Abruzzi
Abruzzi, Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the (1873-1933), an Italian naval officer and explorer, noted for his mountain-climbing expeditions.
See more »Elisha K. Kane
Kane, Elisha Kent (1820-1857), a United States arctic explorer. Kane Basin, which separates Greenland from Ellesmere Island.
See more »Frederick Cook
Cook, Frederick Albert (1865-1940), a United States physician and explorer. Cook led an expedition to the Arctic in 1908 and declared that he had reached the North Pole a year before Robert E.
See more »Fridtjof Nansen
Nansen, Fridtiof (1861-1930), a Norwegian Arctic explorer, scientist, and statesman.
See more »George W De Long
De Long, George Washington (1844-1881), a United States explorer. De Long was born in New York City and graduated from the U.S.
See more »K. J. V. Rasmussen
Rasmussen, Knud Johan Victor (1879-1933), a Danish explorer of Greenland. He was born in Greenland, and attended Copenhagen University.
See more »Lincoln Ellsworth
Ellsworth, Lincoln (1880-1951), a United States explorer. He made early flights over the Arctic, and made the first flight across Antarctica.
See more »Matthew Alexander Henson
Henson, Matthew Alexander (1866-1955), a member of the party that accompanied Robert Peary on the expedition that is generally credited with being the first to reach the North Pole.
See more »Nathaniel Brown Palmer
Palmer, Nathaniel Brown (1799-1877), a United States sea captain who may have been the first to sight the mainland of Antarctica.
See more »Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskjold
Nordenskjöld, Nils Adolf Erik (1832-1901), a Swedish explorer. He was the first to complete the Northeast Passage by sea from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
See more »Paul A. Siple
Siple, Paul A. (Allman) (1908-1968), a United States explorer, geographer, and biologist.
See more »Richard E. Byrd
Byrd, Richard E. (Evelyn) (1888-1957), a United States naval officer, aviator, and polar explorer.
See more »Roald Amundsen
Amundsen, Roald (1872-1928), a Norwegian polar explorer. Amundsen was the first man to reach the South Pole, to sail a ship completely through the Northwest Passage, and to fly a dirigible over the North Pole.
See more »Robert A Bartlett
Bartlett, Robert Abram (1875-1946), a United States Arctic explorer. He was born in Newfoundland.
See more »Robert E Peary
Peary, Robert Edwin (1856-1920), a United States naval officer and Arctic explorer.
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