Roald Amundsen

Roald Amundsen

male, deceased (1928)
Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the first successful Antarctic expedition to the South Pole...
Robert Falcon Scott

Robert Falcon Scott

male, deceased (1912)
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, CVO, RN, (6 June 1868 - 29 March 1912) was a Royal Naval officer and Antarctic explorer. In the so-called "Race to the...
Ranulph Fiennes

Ranulph Fiennes

male, 65 years old
Born in England in 1944 and brought up in Africa, Ranulph Fiennes followed his father's path into the Scots Greys before joining the elite SAS...
Jerri Nielsen

Jerri Nielsen

female, 57 years old
Jerri Lin Nielsen (born March 1, 1952) is an American physician whose harrowing medical emergency at an Antarctic research station aroused...
Ann Bancroft

Ann Bancroft

female, 54 years old
Ann Bancroft (born 29 September 1955 in Mendota Heights, Minnesota) is a United States author, teacher, and explorer. She was the first woman to...
Alfred Lansing

Alfred Lansing

male, deceased (1975)
Alfred Lansing was a journalist and writer. He died in 1975. Lansing was a native of Chicago, Illinois. After serving more than five years in the...
Liv Arnesen

Liv Arnesen

female
Liv Ragnheim Arnesen is a Norwegian cross-country skier, adventurer, guide, and motivational speaker. In 1994, she became the first woman to ski...
Robert Swan

Robert Swan

male, 53 years old
Robert Swan, OBE, BA, FRGS was born in 1956 in Durham, England and attended Sedbergh School (1969-1974) before completing a BA in Ancient History...
Edgar Evans

Edgar Evans

male, deceased (1912)
Petty Officer Edgar Evans (March 7, 1876 - February 17, 1912) Robert Falcon Scott's companions on his ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition to the South...
Herbert Ponting

Herbert Ponting

male, deceased (1935)
Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) was a professional photographer. He is best known as the expedition photographer and cinematographer for Robert...