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List of principal Antarctic expeditions
1772
-
75
J. Cook
British naval expedition
Resolution
1822
-
24
J. Weddell
British sealing voyage
Jane
1826
-
29
J.-S. Dumont d
'
Urville
French naval expedition
Astrolabe
1828
-
31
H. Forster
British naval expedition
Chanticleer
-
Vincennes
1838
42
C. Wilkes
US Exploring Expedition
1839
-
43
J. C. Ross
British naval expedition
Erebus
and
Terror
1872
-
76
C. W. Thomson
British naval voyage
Challenger
1892
-
93
A. Fairweather
British whaling expedition
Balaena
1893
-
94
C. A. Larsen
Norwegian sealing and whaling
Jason
1893
-
95
H. J. Bull
Norwegian sealing and whaling
Antarctic
1897
-
99
A. de Gerlache
Belgian Antarctic Expedition
Belgica
1898
-
1900
C. Borchgrevink
British Antarctic Expedition
Southern Cross
1901
-
04
R. F. Scott
British National Antarctic Expedition
Discovery
1901
-
03
E. von Drygalski
1st German South Polar Expedition
Gauss
1901
-
04
O. Nordenskjöld
Swedish South Polar Expedition
Antarctic
1902
-
04
W. S Bruce
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
Scotia
1903
-
05
J. B. Charcot
1st French Antarctic Expedition
Français
1904
Establishment of Argentine station at
Laurie Island
1907
-
09
E. Shackleton
British Antarctic Expedition
Nimrod
1908
-
10
J. B. Charcot
2nd French Antarctic Expedition
Porquois-Pas?
1910
-
12
R. Amundsen
Norwegian Antarctic Expedition
Fram
1910
-
13
R. F. Scott
British Antarctic Expedition
Terra Nova
1911
-
12
N. Shirase
Japanese Antarctic Expedition
Kainan-Maru
1911
-
12
W. Filchner
2nd German South Polar Expedition
Deutschland
1911
-
14
D. Mawson
Australian Antarctic Expedition
Aurora
Endurance
1914
-
16
E. Shackleton
British Imperial Trans-Antarctic
Expedition
1920
-
22
J. L. Cope
British Expedition to Graham Land
1921
-
22
E. Shackleton
Shackleton
-
Rowett Antarctic Expedition
Quest
1923
-
24
C. A. Larsen
Norwegian whaling expedition
Sir James Clark Ross
1925
-
27
S. W. Kemp
Discovery Investigations
Discovery
1927
-
28
H. Mosby
Norwegian Antarctic Expedition
Norvegia
1928
-
30
R. E. Byrd
United States Antarctic Expedition
City of New York
1929
-
31
D. Mawson
BANZARE
Discovery
1933
-
35
R. E. Byrd
United States Antarctic Expedition
Bear of Oakland
1934
-
37
J. R. Rymill
British Graham Land Expedition
Penola
1938
-
39
A. Ritscher
German Antarctic Expedition
Schwabenland
1939
-
41
R. E. Byrd
US Antarctic Service Expedition
North Star
Note:
A much fuller list of all Antarctic expeditions can be found in R. K. Headland (2009).
Chronological List of Antarctic
Expeditions and Related Historical Events
. London: Quaritch.
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