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Captain James Cook
At this date Captain James Cook sailed around the Arctic circle -
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Antarctic explorations
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sighting the last continent
After the first sighting of the last continent in 1820, Antarctic exploration steadily began in earnest as the 19th Century progressed, reflecting in some ways the greater colonial spread, but also differing from the general trend, as its remote location. -
James Weddell
James Weddell sailed with another company aboard their boat Jane they reached to Ross ice shelf. -
Robert Falcon Scott
Robert joined his first seagoing ship at the age of thirteen. -
Hugh Evans
Hugh Evans and three other people sledged onto Ross Ice Shelf. -
Shackleton
When he returned from the two-month trip in early 1901. He received word that he had been appointed to junior officer on the Discovery. The Antarctic expedition ship was to be led by Robert Falcon Scott. -
Robert Falcon
Robert and two other people sledged to Ross Ice Shelf. -
Ernest Shackleton
Ernest and the other men sledged to 88.38. -
Roald Amundson
Roald and three other dog-sledged to 90 degrees selcius. -
Robert scott
Robert and four others sledged to 90 degrees selsius. -
MACMILLAN GIVES UP POLAR SEA FLIGHT
Organization of the naval aviation section of the MacMillan arctic expedition was completed on this very day. -
Spitsbergen
the first use of balloons In Arctic exploration. -
Richard Byrd
Richard flew with an aircraft crew, claimed to have flown over the south pole. -
Richard Bryd
Richard with his crew aboard two aircraft, flew over the south pole from Ross Ice Shelf. -
Conrad Shinn
Conrad with crew went aboard and aircraft, landed at the south pole. -
Death of Robert Falcon Scott
Robert froze to death on this sad day. -
first women to Antarctica
Ann bancroft was the first women to sail and ski to Antarctica.
