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Captain Cook and his Crew
Captian Cook and his crew became the first people to cross te antarctic circle. -
William Smith and James Bransfield
The next expeditions by William Smith, and James Bransfield a year later, in 1820, discovered the South Shetland Islands and the shore of the Antarctic Peninsula. -
Captain James Weddell
English Captain James Weddell left a puzzle behind him too. In 1823 he claimed to have sailed further south than any man had ever been. He took two sealing ships, the Jane and Beaufoy and plunged into scattered, crackling pack ice. -
Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld ia geographer, geologist, and arctic explorer, he was also a historian and cartographer. He was the first to travel along the Northern Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. -
John Balleny
The sealer John Balleny's 1839 voyage in the Eliza Scott, all in search of land, fur, or elephant seals. These were voyages for science, national prestige, and profit. Life was incredibly harsh: Crews had poor provisions and inadequate clothing and were constantly threatened by scurvy. -
James Clark Ross
Antarctica was the new challenge and a voyage was planned. Both ships were strengthened from bow to stern for the tough voyage ahead. The three-masted ships were ruggedly constructed warships used for carrying mortars. The TERROR had already seen service in Arctic waters during 1836. -
Roald Amundsen
Roald Amundsen died. -
Sealers
Sealers visited the Aukland and Cambel islands from Augest to September. -
Six members Northern Party
Six members Northern Party had been together and alone since 12 February 1911, except for those five days in January 1912 spent on the Terra Nova travelling from Cape Adare and to Evans Cove in Terra Nova Bay. -
Robert Falcon Scott
Robert Faon Scott was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, 1901–04, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, 1910–13. During this second venture, Scott led a party of five which reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912. -
Ernest Shackleton
By 1914 both the North and South Pole having been attained, Shackleton chose a new goal for his next expedition, setting his sights on being the first to traverse Antarctica.
