Category: Antarctic Explorers and Researchers

Categories: Antarctica | Explorers

Category for those hardy individuals who went to Antarctica for exploration and/or research. Some will be well known but there are others who also went and should be acknowledged.

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Terra Nova Expedition

The Steam Yacht Aurora 1876 - 1917

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Andrey (Капи́ца) Kapitsa 09 Jul 1931 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England - 02 Aug 2011

榮三郞西堀 28 Jan 1903 日本京都府 - 13 Apr 1989

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Roald Amundsen 16 Jul 1872 Hvidsteen, Borge, Østfold, Norge - 18 Jun 1928

Henryk Arctowski 15 Jul 1871 Warsaw, Poland - 21 Feb 1958

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Edward Bage 1888 St Kilda, Victoria, Australia - 1915

Dennis Bell - 26 Jul 1959

Edward Bransfield abt 1785 Ballinacurra, County Cork, Ireland - 31 Oct 1852

Richard Byrd 25 Oct 1888 Winchester, Virginia, United States - 11 Mar 1957

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Philip Chapman 05 Mar 1935 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 05 Apr 2021

Jean-Baptiste Charcot 15 Jul 1867 Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine, France - 16 Sep 1936

Apsley George Benet (Cherry) Cherry-Garrard 02 Jan 1886 Bedford, Bedfordshire, England - 18 May 1959

Frederick Cook 10 Jun 1865 Hortonville, Delaware, Sullivan, New York, United States - 05 Aug 1940

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Tannatt David 28 Jan 1858 St Fagans, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom - 28 Aug 1934

John Davis 19 Feb 1884 Kew, Richmond, London, England, United Kingdom - 08 May 1967

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Frank Debenham 26 Dec 1883 Bowral, New South Wales, Australia - 23 Nov 1965

Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville 23 May 1790 Condé-sur-Noireau, Normandie, France - 08 Mar 1842

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Barbara Hillary 12 Jun 1931 San Juan Hill, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States - 23 Nov 2019

Charles Hoadley 01 Mar 1887 Burwood, Victoria, Australia - 27 Feb 1947

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Douglas Jeffrey 23 Sep 1885 Folkestone, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 23 Mar 1972

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Yves Marie Joseph (Kerguelen) de Kerguelen 13 Feb 1734 Landudal, Bretagne, France - 04 Mar 1797

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Denis Lillie 27 Aug 1884 London, England, United Kingdom - 13 May 1963

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Douglas Mawson 05 May 1882 Shipley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 14 Oct 1958

James McIlroy 03 Nov 1879 Londonderry, Londonderry, Ireland - 27 Jul 1968

Archibald McLean abt 27 Mar 1885 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia - abt 15 May 1922

William Meyrick 10 Jul 1880 Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand - 06 Dec 1958

Hugh Millett 02 Aug 1903 Gibraltar - 11 Nov 1968

Morton Moyes 1886 Koolunga, South Australia, Australia - 20 Sep 1981

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Lawrence Oates 17 Mar 1880 Putney, London, England - 17 Mar 1912

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Nathaniel Palmer 08 Aug 1799 Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States - 21 Jun 1877

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Mervyn Rodgers 13 Aug 1932 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand - 02 Jun 2017

John Rymill 13 Mar 1905 Penola, South Australia, Australia - 07 Sep 1968

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Robert Scott 06 Jun 1868 Plymouth, Devon, England - 29 Mar 1912

Ernest Shackleton 15 Feb 1874 Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland - 05 Jan 1922

José María Sobral 14 Apr 1880 Gualeguaychú, Entre Ríos, Argentina - 14 Apr 1961

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Norman Vaughan 19 Dec 1905 Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA - 23 Dec 2005

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George Walford abt 30 Jun 1916 Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England - 27 Jan 2008

Edward Wilson 23 Jul 1872 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom - 29 Mar 1912

Frank Worsley 22 Feb 1872 Akaroa, New Zealand - 01 Feb 1943

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