Fridtjof Nansen

Fridtjof Nansen

male, deceased (1930)
Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (born October 10, 1861 in Store Frøen, near Christiania - died May 13, 1930 in Lysaker, outside Oslo) was a N...
Hjalmar Johansen

Hjalmar Johansen

male, deceased (1913)
Fredrik Hjalmar Johansen (May 15, 1867 - January 9, 1913) was one of Norway's most famous polar explorers and a world champion gymnast. He joined...
Karl Weyprecht

Karl Weyprecht

male, deceased (1881)
Karl Weyprecht, was born on September 8, 1838 in Bad König (alternatively in Michelstadt in Odenwald, Germany), and died March 3, 1881 in M...
Frederick George Jackson

Frederick George Jackson

male, deceased (1938)
Frederick George Jackson (1860-1938), British Arctic explorer, was educated at Denstone College and Edinburgh University. His first voyage in...
Valerian Albanov

Valerian Albanov

male, deceased (1919)
Valerian Ivanovich Albanov (1881 - 1919) was a Russian navigator, best known for being one of only two survivors of the Brusilov expedition of...
Franz Joseph I of Austria

Franz Joseph I of Austria

male, deceased (1916)
Franz Joseph I of the Habsburg Dynasty was Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Bohemia from 1848 until 1916 and a German prince...
Georgy Sedov

Georgy Sedov

male, deceased (1914)
Georgy Yakovlevich Sedov (April 23 (May 5), 1877 - February 20 (March 5), 1914) was a Russian Arctic explorer. Born in the village of Krivaya Kosa...
Otto Schmidt

Otto Schmidt

male, deceased (1956)
Otto Yulievich Schmidt ((September 7, 1956) was a Soviet scientist, mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, statesman, academician (Corresponding...
Ivan Papanin

Ivan Papanin

male, deceased (1986)
Ivan Dmitrievich Papanin (January 30 1986) was a Russian Polar Explorer, Scientist, Counter Admiral, twice Hero of the Soviet Union awarded by nine...
Albert Armitage

Albert Armitage

male, deceased (1943)
Albert Borlase Armitage (born 1864 in Balquhidder, Perthshire; died 31 October 1943) was a Scottish explorer of Antarctica and captain in the Royal...