The unlucky life of Aeneas Lionel Acton Mackintosh
Few would doubt the bravery of Aeneas Mackintosh. Had his luck been better, the British sailor and explorer might have been remembered as one of the greats of Antarctic exploration
Book – Belgica, Nightmare at the Madhouse
Following the release in French of Julian Sancton’s book about the Belgica expedition story, PolarJournal goes back to one of the most famous Antarctic expeditions.
Claude Lorius, an enthusiastic glaciologist
Last Tuesday, this glaciologist with strong convictions passed away at the age of 91, leaving behind him a rich legacy of discoveries and adventures to the scientific world.
Carl Anton Larsen
Carl Anton Larsen was a Norwegian whaler and Antarctic explorer. In 1904 he founded the village of Grytviken. This marked the beginning of the industrialization of whaling in the southern Atlantic.
Parmjit Singh Sehra – With rockets to India’s Antarctic Program
Parmijt Singh Sehra, the first Indian to overwinter in Antarctica and to circumnavigate it, also gave the ignition for the later Indian Antarctic research program.
August Heinrich Petermann and his error
August Heinrich Petermann was a German cartographer of great importance. His claim that the North Pole was an ice-free ocean was a big mistake.
Louise Arner Boyd – An Always Well Dressed Ice Woman
Louise Arner Boyd was an American polar and Greenland explorer. Between 1931 and 1941 she undertook several research trips to Greenland.
Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd – The Highflyer
The life of Richard Evelyn Byrd followed orderly military paths: Born in 1888 in Winchester, Virginia, USA, into one of the richest families in the state, he graduated from military school and served as a naval officer in Canadian waters during the First World War. In 1917, Byrd began flight training and became an avid […]
Emily, Lady Shackleton – The Patient Lady
How she managed to support herself and her three children while her husband went off into the unknown, we don’t really know.
Josephine Peary – by the conqueror’s side
Josephine Peary is considered the first white woman to winter in the Arctic. She was the wife of Robert E. Peary, whom she actively supported in his attempts to reach the North Pole.
Adolphus Greely – The Drill Sergeant
He had no experience with the Arctic. But he knew how to wage war. Adolphus Greely joined the army at the age of 17 and was severely wounded three times.
Xavier Mertz – The End of the Swiss
January marked the anniversary of the death of Dr. Xavier Mertz. He was the first Swiss to set foot to Antarctica. The crew member of the 1911-1914 expedition met a bad end in the perpetual ice.
Carl Chun – The man with a deep insight
Until recently, it was generally assumed that life was no longer possible below a water depth of 500 metres.
Jacques-Yves Cousteau – The one with the bobble hat
Jacques-Yves Cousteau, the skinny man with his red bobble hat, was the hero of my childhood. I think I shared my enthusiasm for Cousteau with an entire generation.
My heroes, losers with style
History loves winners. Only they are remembered, even the second one is forgotten. Does the name of the second astronaut on the moon catch your mind?
Ivan Papanin – The first person at the North Pole?
Ivan Papanin was a Soviet polar explorer and led the expedition that first came near the North Pole in 1937 on a drifting ice station.
Alfred Wegener – The World Understander
Alfred Wegener was a meteorologist and polar and geoscientist. His most important contribution is his theory of continental shift.
Edith “Jackie” Ronne – a woman first (in Antarctica)
Edith “Jackie” Ronne was the first woman to take part in an Antarctic expedition with her husband Finn Ronne, to work there and overwinter.
Borchgrevink – First! (and third)
Carsten Borchgrevink was not the first person on the Antarctic continent. But the first one to overwinter there.
Frederick Albert Cook – Conqueror without Glory
Frederick Cook was a medical doctor. Cook accompanied Robert Peary on an expedition to Greenland. Later, they fought over the North Pole and its discovery.
William-Spiers-Bruce
William Speirs Bruce was a young Scot who had travelled to Antarctica for the first time as an expedition leader in 1892-93. Bruce was also a member of the Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition to Franz Josef Land in 1896-97 and 1898 in Spitsbergen in the Arctic.
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