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Sir Edmund Hillary Polar Explorers

Sir Edmund Hillary

Sir Edmund Hillary (1909-2008) Sir Edmund Hillary is best known for being the first person (along with Tenzing Norgay) to summit Mount Everest. Perhaps less known is the fact that he led the New Zealand component of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (TAE) in 1955-58 and was the first person to…
August 28, 2010
James “Frank” Hurley Polar Explorers

James “Frank” Hurley

James Francis "Frank" Hurley, OBE (October 15, 1885 – January 16, 1962) Frank Hurley is an icon of both Australian documentary photography and Antarctic exploration. Hurley was an exceptional photographer and his six visits to Antarctica covered a substantial part of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration. His striking images…
August 28, 2010
Hjalmar Johansen Polar Explorers

Hjalmar Johansen

FREDRIK HJALMAR JOHANSEN (1867-1913) Hjalmar Johansen participated in Roald Amundsen's Antarctic expedition 1910-1912 and accompanied Fridtjof Nansen on his attempted dash to the North Pole in 1895. The Arctic with Nansen Hjalmar Johansen was Norwegian champion in gymnastics at 20 and was famous for his strength and acrobatics. He applied…
August 28, 2010
Maria Klenova Antarctic HistoryPolar Explorers

Maria Klenova

Maria Vasilyevna Klenova (1898 – 1976) Maria Klenova was a Russian and Soviet marine geologist and one of the founders of Russian marine science. Klenova spent nearly 30 years researching the polar regions. She was the first woman scientist to do research in Antarctica and was a contributor to the…
August 28, 2010
Captain C.A. Larsen Polar Explorers

Captain C.A. Larsen

CARL ANTON LARSEN (1860 – 1924) Carl Anton Larsen was a whaling pioneer, ship's captain and inadvertent scientist. He is known for discovering the Larsen Ice Shelf and other features on the Graham Land Coast, as well as for the whaling station he built at Grytviken, South Georgia. Early Life Carl…
August 28, 2010
Mikhail Lazarev Polar Explorers

Mikhail Lazarev

MIKHAIL LAZAREV (1788 – 1851) Mikhail Lazarev was a Russian naval officer and explorer. Lazarev took part in the discovery of Antarctica and numerous islands, as a commander of the ship Mirnyi and Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen's deputy, on the 1819–1821 Russian naval expedition. The expedition circumnavigated Antarctica; was the…
August 28, 2010
Dr. Alexander Macklin Polar Explorers

Dr. Alexander Macklin

DR ALEXANDER HEPBURNE MACKLIN (1889 –1967) Dr. Alexander Macklin was one of two surgeons on Ernest Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic (Endurance) Expedition 1914-1917. He also joined Shackleton on his final expedition aboard the Quest from 1921-22. Early Life Alexander Macklin was born in India, where his father was a doctor. The…
August 28, 2010