Frederick Cook

Frederick Cook

male, deceased (1940)
Frederick Albert Cook (June 10, 1865 - August 5 1940) was an American explorer and physician, noted for his weakly-documented claim of having...

George Back

male, deceased (1878)
Sir George Back (6 November 1796 - 23 June 1878) was a British naval officer, explorer of the Canadian Arctic and artist. Back was born in...
Zacharias Kunuk

Zacharias Kunuk

male, 52 years old
Zacharias Kunuk (born 1957) is a Canadian Inuit producer and director most notable for his film "Atanarjuat", the first Canadian dramatic feature...
Thomas James

Thomas James

male, deceased (1635)
Captain Thomas James (1593 - 1635) was an English sea captain, notable as a navigator and explorer who set out to discover the northwest passage,...
Otto Sverdrup

Otto Sverdrup

male, deceased (1930)
Otto Neumann Sverdrup was a native of Bindal, Nordland county, Norway, known for his achievements within the areas of Arctic science and...
William Edward Parry

William Edward Parry

male, deceased (1855)
Sir William Edward Parry (December 19, 1790 - 8 or 9 July, 1855) was an English rear-admiral and Arctic explorer. Parry was born in Bath, the son...
Wally Herbert

Wally Herbert

male, deceased (2007)
Sir Walter William "Wally" Herbert (24 October 1934 - 12 June 2007) was a British polar explorer, writer and artist. In 1969 he became the first...
Vincent Lam

Vincent Lam

male, 35 years old
Vincent Lam (born September 5 1974) is a Canadian writer and medical doctor. Born in London, Ontario and raised in Ottawa, his parents came to...
Charles Francis Hall

Charles Francis Hall

male, deceased (1871)
Charles Francis Hall (1821 - November 8, 1871) was an American Arctic explorer. Little is known of Hall's early life. He grew up in Rochester, New...
Robert McClure

Robert McClure

male, deceased (1873)
Sir Robert John Le Mesurier McClure (or M'Clure) (28 January 1807 - 17 October 1873) was a British explorer of the Arctic. He was born at Wexford,...