The explorationof the Antarctica includes: Antarctic expeditions Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration Farthest South Research stations in Antarctica v t...
The Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration was an era in the explorationof the continent ofAntarctica which began at the end of the 19th century, and ended...
history ofAntarctica emerges from early Western theories of a vast continent, known as Terra Australis, believed to exist in the far south of the globe...
Exploration is the process of exploring, an activity which has some expectation of discovery. Organised exploration is largely a human activity, but exploratory...
region ofAntarctica. With an area of 1,610,000 km2 (620,000 sq mi), it is the largest unclaimed territory on Earth. It was named after the wife of American...
This list ofAntarctica expeditions is a chronological list of expeditions involving Antarctica. Although the existence of a southern continent had been...
of Antarctic exploration and research. An article run in The Daily Herald newspaper of Chicago in 1974 described women finally coming to Antarctica as...
of Discovery, during the 15th to 18th centuries, world maps became increasingly accurate; explorationofAntarctica, Australia, and the interior of Africa...
A flag ofAntarctica is a flag or flag design that represents the continent ofAntarctica. As a condominium with no single governing body, it does not...
Antarctica (/ænˈtɑːrktɪkə/ ) is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded...
Antarctica were the American flight attendants Patricia (Pat) Hepinstall of Holyoke, Colorado and Ruth Kelley of Houston, Texas who were members of the...
Colonization ofAntarctica is the establishing and maintaining of control over Antarctic land for exploitation and possibly settlement. Antarctica was claimed...
stations in Antarctica and these bases are widely distributed. Unlike the drifting ice stations set up in the Arctic, the current research stations of the Antarctic...
naming one of the islands Enderby Island. In January, 1841 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society These many voyages ofexploration, while fruitful...
The Antarctic Medal is a civil decoration of Norway. Established by King Olav V on 3 February 1960, it was awarded to the individuals associated with the...
Science and Peace". It also places a ban on mining and mineral exploration in Antarctica for 50 years (1991–2041). In 2002, Swan and his 2041 sailboat...
magnate. He was also a philanthropist with a keen interest in the explorationofAntarctica. Lars Christensen was born at Sandar in Vestfold, Norway. Born...
Though paleontological work continued thereafter, the scientific explorationofAntarctica would come to the forefront only after the Antarctic Treaty System...
Traverse and the Horlick Mountains Traverse, was one of three traverses across the continent ofAntarctica— this one along the Sentinel Range— completed in...
group has been able to observe the melting of the Larsen Ice Shelf, the rapid retreat of ice in western Antarctica, and increased summer melting in northern...
of Antarctic exploration. Belanger, Dian Olson – Deep Freeze: The United States, the International Geophysical Year, and the Origins ofAntarctica's Age...
Cook's accounts of the large seal and whale populations helped influence further explorationof the Southern Ocean from sealers in search of the mammals'...
exploration voyage in the Weddell Sea area ofAntarctica. Morrell provided precise coordinates and a description of a coastline which he claimed to have sailed...
Treaty System (ATS), regulate international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earth's only continent without a native human population. It was the...
aegis of the Royal Academy. The International Geophysical Year of 1957-58, required the establishment of a geophysical network throughout Antarctica. Belgium...
The Age of Discovery, also known as the Age ofExploration, was part of the early modern period and largely overlapping with the Age of Sail. It was a...