Henry Hudson

Henry Hudson

male, deceased (1611)
Henry Hudson (September 12, 1570s - 1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator in the early 17th century. His place of birth was London,...
Willem Barents

Willem Barents

male, deceased (1597)
Willem Barents (Dutch: Barentsz; born ?1550 on Terschelling, West Frisian Islands, Netherlands; died June 201597 on the Barents sea, near Novaya...
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...
Helmer Hanssen

Helmer Hanssen

male, deceased (1956)
Helmer Julius Hanssen was a Norwegian polar explorer, and one of the first five to reach the South Pole on the expedition of Roald Amundsen....
Oscar Wisting

Oscar Wisting

male, deceased (1936)
Oscar Adolf Wisting (June 6 1871 - December 5 1936) was a Norwegian polar explorer. Together with Roald Amundsen he was the first person to reach...
Olav Bjaaland

Olav Bjaaland

male, deceased (1961)
Olav Bjaaland (March 5, 1873-June 8, 1961) was a Norwegian ski champion, and one of the first five to reach the South Pole on the expedition of...
Joseph Billings

Joseph Billings

male, deceased (1806)
Joseph Billings (c. 1758-1806) was an English navigator and explorer. In 1785, the Russian government of Catherine II commissioned a new expedition...
Ferdinand von Wrangel

Ferdinand von Wrangel

male, deceased (1870)
Baron Ferdinand von Wrangel ("Ferdinand Petrovich Vrangel"; December 29, 1796 (January 9, 1797), Pskov, Russia-May 25 (June 6), 1870, Dorpat (now...
Vasili Chichagov

Vasili Chichagov

male, deceased (1809)
Vasili Yakovlevich Chichagov (28 February, 1726 - 4 April, 1809) was an admiral in the Russian Navy and an explorer. He was the father of Pavel...

Cornelis Nay

male
Cornelis Corneliszoon Nay was a Dutch navigator and explorer who attempted to discover the Northeast Passage from Europe to the Far East. Nay...