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Arctic & Northern Explorations



Modern Explorers/Adventurers
Post-1960 treks to the top of the world.

Biographies - "A, B"
Roald Amundsen, Salomon August Andrée, Bernt Balchen, Willem Barents, Vitus Bering, Louise Arner Boyd and Richard E. Byrd..

Biographies - "E, F, G"
Carl Ben Eielson, Sir John Franklin and Adolphus Washington Greely.

Biographies - "H, K"
Isaac Hayes, David Hempleman-Adams, Samuel Hearne, Matthew Henson and Dr. Elisha Kent Kane.

Biographies - "L, M, N"
Sigismund Levanevsky, Donald Baxter MacMillan, Fridtjof Nansen, Umberto Nobile and A. E. Nordenskiöld.

Biographies - "P, S, W"
Robert E. Peary, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Otto Sverdrup, Robert Swan and Sir Hubert Wilkins.

Regional/National Explorations
Explorations by country.

Research Sources
Bibliographies, chronologies and Arctic information sources.