Polar Explorers 1-24
12 entries in the Polar Explorers compendium.
Polar Explorers 1-24 — Era Chart
Robert PearyAmerican explorer who claimed to have reached the North Pole in 1909.Matthew HensonAmerican explorer who claimed to be first to reach the North Pole.Vivian FuchsVitus BeringDanish-born Russian explorer who charted Asia and North America.Willem BarentszDutch navigator who sought the Northeast passage and wintered on Novaya Zemlya.Douglas MawsonAustralian geologist and Antarctic explorer of the Heroic Age.Edward Parry (Royal Navy officer, born 1790)Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer who set a Farthest North record.Fabian Gottlieb von BellingshausenRussian cartographer and explorer who discovered Antarctica.Ferdinand von WrangelRussian explorer and governor of Russian settlements in Alaska.Frederick CookExplorer whose polar and summit claims remain disputed.Fridtjof NansenShort-lived Norwegian territory on the southern East Coast of Greenland, named after polarRoald AmundsenNorwegian polar explorer; first to reach the South Pole.
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