Sailing Around The World: A 500-year Anniversary!
Our new ship Magellan Explorer is named after Ferdinand Magellan, the Portuguese explorer that led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe.
Journal archive: Polar History
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Famous Antarctic Explorers: Shirase Nobu
Born in Konoura, Akita, Japan in July 1861, Shirase Nobu led the first Japanese expedition to Antarctica from December 1910 to June 1912.
Famous Antarctic Explorers: Sir Edmund Hillary
We hope you enjoy this brief dose of polar history, the fourth in our Famous Antarctic Explorers Series!
Famous Antarctic Explorers: Robert Falcon Scott
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, a British Royal Navy officer, was born in Devon, England in 1868. He is best known for his two Antarctic expeditions.
Famous Antarctic Explorers: Roald Amundsen
Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen, a Norwegian polar explorer is most notably famous for being the first to arrive at the South Pole.
Famous Antarctic Explorers: Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
If it wasn’t for brave and adventurous and curious men like Sir Ernest Shackleton and Robert Falcon Scott, we might not be able to travel to Antarctica.