August Heinrich Petermann was born on April 18, 1822 in Bleicherode. He was one of the most authoritative geographers and cartographers of the 19th century. Petermann became interested in geography and drawing maps at an early age. He advocated the theory of the...
Louise Arner Boyd was born on September 16, 1887 in San Rafael, California. She was a US polar explorer and Greenland researcher. She descended from a wealthy family and inherited the fortune in 1920. In 1928, she financed and led an expedition that set out to find...
Fredrik Hjalmar Johansen was born on May 15, 1867 in Skien, Norway. Hjalmar Johansen’s achievements in polar exploration remained unnoticed for a long time after his death. Today, Johansen is counted among Norway’s most important polar explorers, alongside...
Richard Evelyn Byrd was born in Winchester, Virginia on October 25, 1888. Byrd was a US naval officer and explorer. He received the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor awarded by the United States. He was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and...
Emily, Lady Shackleton was born in Sydenham, Kent on May 15, 1868. Emily Mary Dorman, later Lady Shackleton, was born into a large, wealthy family. She was the youngest of six children and had four brothers and one sister. On June 9, 1936, Emily died at the age of 68...
