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...
James Clark Ross

James Clark Ross

male, deceased (1862)
Sir James Clark Ross (April 15, 1800 - April 3, 1862), was a British naval officer and explorer. He explored the Arctic with his uncle Sir John...
Frans Lanting

Frans Lanting

male, 58 years old
Frans Lanting, (born 1951) was born in Rotterdam and is a Dutch nature photographer specializing in wildlife photography. Lanting emigrated to the...
Frank Hurley

Frank Hurley

male, deceased (1962)
James Francis "Frank" Hurley (15 October 1885 - 17 January 1962) was an Australian photographer, film maker and adventurer. He participated in a...

Michael Collins

male, 45 years old
Michael Collins (born 1964) is an Irish-born author of novels and short stories. The film rights to several of his books have been purchased, and...
Will Steger

Will Steger

male, 66 years old
Will Steger (born 1943 at Richfield, Minnesota) is a prominent spokesperson for the understanding and preservation of the Arctic and has led some...

John Davis

male
Captain John Davis was a seal hunter from Connecticut who claimed to have set foot on Antarctica on February 7, 1821. Davis and his crew from the...
Lynne Cox

Lynne Cox

female, 52 years old
Lynne Cox is an American long-distance open-water swimmer and writer. In 1971 she and her teammates were the first group of teenagers to complete...

William Smith

male, 234 years old
William Smith was the English captain who discovered the South Shetland Islands, an archipelago near Antarctica. In 1819, while sailing cargo on...