Antarctic Campaing

This section, initiated to mark the 100th anniversary of the arrival of Roald Amundsen in the South Pole, aims at telling our readers about the brave exploits of the explorers who set out to discover that inhospitable but fascinating territory.

The author of these biographies is Amós Gil Martínez, researcher in the project “Geodesic and geothermic research, storm analysis and volcanological innovation in Antarctica”.

ROAL AMUNDSEN

FRANCISCO DE HOCES

FRANCIS DRAKE

GONZALO Y BARTOLOMÉ GARCÍA DE NODAL

JAMES COOK

ADRIEN DE GERLACHE

GABRIEL DE CASTILLA

FREDRIK HJALMAR JOHANSEN

ANTHONY DE LA ROCHÉ

FREDERICK ALBERT COOK

BENJAMIN MORRELL

CHARLES BOUVET

ERNST JOYCE

WILHELM FILCHNER

GEORGE EDWARD MARSTON

CHARLES WILKES

SHACKLETON (I)

SHACKLETON (II)

SHACKLETON (III)

WILLIAM SPEIRS BRUCE

JAMES CLARK ROSS

OTTO NORDENSKJÖLD

CARLS BORCHGREVINK

WILLIAM SMITH

JOSÉ MARÍA SOBRAL

OLAVSON BJAALAND

ROBERT FALCON SCOTT (I)

ROBERT FALCON SCOTT (II)

ROBERT FALCON SCOTT (III)

ROBERT FALCON SCOTT (IV)

SIR EDWARD RAYMOND PRIESTLEY

JEAN-BAPTISTE CHARCOT

EDGAR EVANS

FABIAN GOTTLIEB BELLINGSHAUSEN

LAWRENCE EDWARD GRACE OATES

LUIS A. PARDO VILLALÓN

DOUGLAS MAWSON

JAMES WEDELL

HERNÁN PUJATO

EDWARD RATCLIFFE GARTH RUSELL EVANS

JULES-SEBASTIEN-CESAR DUMONT D´URVILLE

ERICH DAGOBERT VON DRYGALSKI

NOBU SHIRASE

APSLEY GEORGE BENET CHERRY-GARRAND