Polar Explorers

Roald Amundsen — by admin — last modified 2008-01-24 17:53

16 July 1892 - 18 June 1928

Fabian von Bellingshausen — by admin — last modified 2008-01-24 17:53

20 September 1778 - 1852

Jean-Baptiste Bouvet — by admin — last modified 2008-01-24 17:53

1705 - 1786

William S. Bruce — by admin — last modified 2008-01-24 17:53

1867 - 1921

Richard Byrd — by admin — last modified 2008-01-24 17:53

1888 - 1957

Jean-Baptiste Charcot — by admin — last modified 2008-01-24 17:53

15 July 1867 - 15 September 1936

James Cook — by admin — last modified 2008-01-24 17:53

27 October 1728 - 14 February 1779

Tom Crean — by admin — last modified 2008-01-24 17:53

1877 - July 1938

Edgar Evans — by admin — last modified 2008-01-24 17:53

April 1876 - 17 February 1912

Wilhelm Filchner — by admin — last modified 2008-01-24 17:53

1877 - 1957

Adrien de Gerlache — by admin — last modified 2008-01-24 17:53

1866 - 1934

Frank Hurley — by admin — last modified 2008-01-24 17:53

1885 - 17 January 1962

Douglas Mawson — by admin — last modified 2008-01-24 17:53

1882 - 1958

Robert John Le Mesurier McClure (M’Clure) — by admin — last modified 2008-02-07 11:16

28th January, 1807 (Wexford, Ireland) - 17th October, 1873 (London, England)

Otto Nordenskjöld — by admin — last modified 2008-01-24 17:53

1869 - 1928

Ernest Shackleton — by admin — last modified 2008-01-24 17:53

15 February 1874 - 5 January 1922

James Clark Ross — by admin — last modified 2008-09-30 15:22

Born: 15 April 1800, possibly in Scotland - Died: 3 April 1862 in Aylesbury, England - Married: Ann Coulman on 18 Oct. 1843 in Wadworth (Lady Ross died in 1857)

Robert Falcon Scott — by admin — last modified 2008-01-24 17:53

6 June 1868 - 29 March 1912

Nobu Shirase — by admin — last modified 2008-01-24 17:53

1861 - 1946

Jules d'Urville — by admin — last modified 2008-01-24 17:53

1790 - 1842

James Weddell — by admin — last modified 2008-01-24 17:53

1787 - 1834

Charles Wilkes — by admin — last modified 2008-10-06 16:20

Born: 3rd April, 1798 in New York City, USA - Died: 8th February, 1877 in Washington, D.C., USA. In 1909, his remains were buried at Arlington National Cemetery

George Hubert Wilkins — by admin — last modified 2008-10-06 14:40

Born: 31st October, 1888 in Mount Bryan East, South Australia - Died: 30th November 1958 from a heart attack at Framingham, Massachusetts, United States. The US Navy took his ashes to the North Pole aboard the submarine USS Skate on 17 March 1959 - Married: actress Suzanne Bennett on 30th August 1929

George Strong Nares — by admin — last modified 2008-02-07 14:16

24th April 1831, in Llansenseld, Nr. Abergavenny in Monmouthshire (Scotland) - 15th Jan, 1915 in Surbiton, England

Frederick Albert Cook — by admin — last modified 2008-09-30 14:12

10th June, 1865 in Hortonville, New York - 5th August, 1940 in New Rochelle, NY

Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen — by admin — last modified 2008-09-30 13:55

10th October 1861 on the Store Frøen estate, near Christiania - 13th –May 1930, Lysaker, near Oslo

Herbert Milton Frisby — by admin — last modified 2008-09-30 14:01

Born: in 1896 in Baltimore, Maryland Died: not known

Matthew Alexander Henson — by admin — last modified 2008-09-30 14:12

8th August, 1866 near Nanjemoy, Charles County, Maryland - 9th March, 1955 in New York City

Otto Neumann Sverdrup — by admin — last modified 2008-09-30 14:10

31st October 1854, in Bindal, Norway - 26th November 1930, in Sandvika, Norway

Richard Evelyn Byrd — by admin — last modified 2008-09-30 14:09

25th October 1888, Winchester, Virginia - 11th March 1957, Boston, Massachusetts

Robert Abram Bartlett — by admin — last modified 2008-09-30 14:08

15th August, 1875, in Brigus, Newfoundland - 28th April, 1946 in New York City. He was buried in Brigus, Newfoundland

Robert Edwin Peary — by admin — last modified 2008-09-30 14:08

6th May, 1856 in Cresson, near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania - 20th February, 1920 in Washington, D.C.

John Franklin — by admin — last modified 2008-09-30 14:07

15th April 1786, in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England - 11th June 1847, not quite known where, but probably somewhere near Boothia Peninsula, (now in Nunavut) Canada

John Ross — by admin — last modified 2008-09-30 14:05

24th June 1777, in Barsalloch (southeast coast of Scotland) - 30th August 1856 in London, England

William Edward Parry — by admin — last modified 2008-09-30 14:04

19th December, 1790 in Bath, England - 8th July, 1855 in Ems, Germany. Buried in Greenwich

Donald B. MacMillan — by Kris Molle — last modified 2008-09-30 14:41

Born: November 10th, 1874 in Provincetown, Massachusetts - Died: September 7th, 1970, buried in Provincetown - Married: March 18th, 1935 to Miriam Norton Look

George Francis Lyon — by Kris Molle — last modified 2008-09-30 14:46

Born: 1795, England - Died: October 8th, 1832 at sea, en-route to England

George Vancouver — by Kris Molle — last modified 2008-09-30 14:54

Born: June 22nd, 1757 in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England - Died: May 10th, 1798 in Peterham, Surrey, England. Buried at St. Peter’s Churchyard, Petersham

Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen — by Kris Molle — last modified 2008-09-30 15:14

Born: 7th June 1879, in Jakobshavn, Greenland - Died: 21st December 1933, in Copenhagen, Denmark

Willem Barentsz — by Kris Molle — last modified 2008-09-30 15:14

Born: No exact date known, but probably in 1550 on the Island of Terschelling, The Netherlands (on the Dutch North Coast) - Died: 20th June, 1597, at sea

Umberto Nobile — by Kris Molle — last modified 2008-10-29 13:44

Born: January 21, 1885 in Lauro, Italy - Died: July 29, 1978 in Rome, Italy - Married: His wife died in 1930, he had to stand trial in her death

William Baffin — by Kris Molle — last modified 2008-09-30 15:41

Born: 1584, in London, England (most likely, but exact details not known) - Died: 23rd Jan, 1622 in Kishm, Persia, Persian Gulf

Walter “Wally” Herbert — by Kris Molle — last modified 2008-09-30 15:49

Born: 24 October 1934 in York, England - Died: 12 June 2007 in Inverness, Scotland - Married: Marie McGaughey in 1969 (2 daughters (Kari and Pascale), Pascale died in an accident)

John Rae — by Kris Molle — last modified 2008-09-30 16:00

Born: September 30th, 1813 in Hall o’ Clestrain in Orphir, Orkney Islands (off the coast of Scotland) - Died: July 22nd, 1893 in London, England. He is buried at St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands

Henry Hudson — by Kris Molle — last modified 2008-09-30 16:08

Born: 1565, place not known, England - Died: Probably in 1611

Gerrit de Veer — by Kris Molle — last modified 2008-09-30 16:15

Born: around 1570, exact date or place not known - Died: Not known

John Cabot