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Mountain in Ross Dependency, Antarctica
Scott obtained much practical information for his expedition. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Nansen (Antarctica) v t e
Mount_Nansen_(Antarctica)
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Mount Nansen may refer to: Mount Nansen (Antarctica) Mount Fridtjof Nansen in Antarctica Mount Nansen (Yukon) in Yukon, Canada This disambiguation page
Mount_Nansen
Norwegian polar explorer (1861–1930)
the Nansen Basin and the Nansen-Gakkel Ridge in the Arctic Ocean; Mount Nansen in the Yukon region of Canada; Mount Nansen, Mount Fridtjof Nansen and
Fridtjof_Nansen
Topics referred to by the same term
Greenland Mount Nansen (Antarctica) Mount Fridtjof Nansen, Antarctica Mount Nansen (Yukon) in Yukon, Canada Nansen Island (disambiguation) Nansen Land, Greenland
Nansen_(disambiguation)
Ice shelf in Antarctica
expedition, applied the name Nansen Sheet as the feature is adjacent to Mount Nansen, the dominating summit in the area. The Nansen Ice Sheet covers the southwest
Nansen_Ice_Sheet
Mountain range in Antarctica
wide, rising between Priestley and Campbell Glaciers in Victoria Land, Antarctica, and extending from the edge of the polar plateau to Terra Nova Bay. It
Deep_Freeze_Range
Glacier in Antarctica
between Eisenhower Range and Mount Larsen to merge with the Nansen Ice Sheet along the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The Reeves Glacier was discovered
Reeves_Glacier
Earth's southernmost continent
Antarctica (/ænˈtɑːrktɪkə/ ) is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded
Antarctica
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named in his honor: Fridtjof Nansen Institute, a research foundation established in Fridtjof Nansen's home Mount Fridtjof Nansen, a mountain in the Queen
Fridtjof Nansen (disambiguation)
Fridtjof_Nansen_(disambiguation)
Glacier in Antarctica
Directions for Antarctica (1960), "The Axel Heiberg Glacier, about 6 miles wide and 27 miles long, lies southeastward of the Fridtjof Nansen massif. It trends
Axel_Heiberg_Glacier
American Antarctic base
Near An Active Volcano In Antarctica". Astrobiology. Retrieved January 31, 2025. "Origins: Antarctica: Field Notes: Mount Erebus | Exploratorium". Exploratorium:
McMurdo_Station
Mountain range in Antarctica
Gjelsvik Peak, Mount Fridtjof Nansen, Webster Knob and Mount Balchen. Peaks further east include Bell Peak, Mount Cohen, Zigzag Bluff and Mount Betty, to the
Herbert_Range
Line of coastal hills on the west side of Terra Nova Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Glacier flows past the western side of the foothills, merging into the Nansen Ice Sheet. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates
Northern_Foothills
Bay in Antarctica
of the Northern Foothills into the Nansen Ice Sheet. The Larsen Glacier enters the bay to the south of the Nansen Ice Sheet, flowing towards Relief Inlet
Terra_Nova_Bay
Mountain in Palmer Land, Antarctica
Mount Pitman (70°9′S 67°42′W / 70.150°S 67.700°W / -70.150; -67.700) is a mountain in Antarctica. It features two mainly ice-covered, dome-shaped summits
Mount_Pitman
1911 expedition to the South Pole
Mountains, Mount Fridtjof Nansen, Mount Don Pedro Christophersen, Mount Wilhelm Christophersen, Mount Hanssen, Mount Wisting, Mount Hassel, Mount Bjaaland
Amundsen's South Pole expedition
Amundsen's_South_Pole_expedition
The history of Antarctica emerges from early Western theories of a vast continent, known as Terra Australis, believed to exist in the far south of the
History_of_Antarctica
Antarctic mountain range
Timber Peak, Mount New Zealand and Nash Ridge along the Priestley Glacier, and Mount Baxter, Simpson Crags, Mount Nansen, Thern Promontory, Mount Matz, Andersson
Eisenhower_Range
Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 6 March 2022. "Place name detail: Nansen Glacier". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved
List of glaciers in New Zealand
List_of_glaciers_in_New_Zealand
Russian research station in Antarctica
east') is a Russian research station in inland Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica. Founded by the Soviet Union in 1957, the station lies at the southern
Vostok_Station
Mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica
of the Nansen Ice Sheet. Reeves Glacier is a broad glacier originating on the interior upland and descending between Eisenhower Range and Mount Larsen
Prince_Albert_Mountains
Glacier in Antarctica
Mountains rise prominently forming the western wall, and the massif of Mount Fridtjof Nansen, about 13,156 feet high, forms the eastern flank of the Liv Glacier
Liv_Glacier
Sledge dogs working on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition in 1912
them to Antarctica on the expedition's ship SY Aurora. The trip was arduous for the dogs and by the time the expedition arrived in Antarctica on 8 January
Dogs of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition
Dogs_of_the_Australasian_Antarctic_Expedition
Norwegian polar explorer (1872–1928)
Fridtjof Nansen, Amundsen left Oslo for the south on 3 June 1910. At Madeira, Amundsen alerted his men that they would be heading to Antarctica, and sent
Roald_Amundsen
Territory of Antarctica in Queen Maud Land, first explored by Nazi Germany in 1938/39
New Swabia (Norwegian and German: Neuschwabenland) was an area of Antarctica explored, with the intention to claim it, by Nazi Germany between 1938 and
New_Swabia
Glacier in Antarctica
Victoria Land, Antarctica. The glacier drains southeast between the Deep Freeze Range and Eisenhower Range to enter the northern end of the Nansen Ice Sheet
Priestley_Glacier
This list of Antarctica expeditions is a chronological list of expeditions involving Antarctica. Although the existence of a southern continent had been
List_of_Antarctic_expeditions
Major feature group in the Transantarctic Mountains
massive north–south trending mountain range in Antarctica, surmounted by six prominent summits, of which Mount Kaplan at 4,230 metres (13,880 ft) is the highest
Queen_Maud_Mountains
Polar region around Earth's South Pole
region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica, the Kerguelen Plateau, and other island territories located on the Antarctic
Antarctic
Antarctic glacier
the south part of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. It flows southeast from Detroit Plateau to the south side of Mount Wild, where it enters Prince Gustav
Sjögren_Glacier
American geologist and explorer
over the Pole in November 1929, Gould and his companions climbed Mount Fridtjof Nansen to investigate its geology. The layered sandstones that Gould found
Laurence_McKinley_Gould
Multiple governments have set up permanent research stations in Antarctica and these bases are widely distributed. Unlike the drifting ice stations set
Research stations in Antarctica
Research_stations_in_Antarctica
Tough, tightly woven fabric
1914 expedition to cross Antarctica. A jacket and plus-fours of this material were worn by George Mallory in his attempt on Mount Everest in 1924. In 2006
Gabardine
US scientific research station at the South Pole, Antarctica
sovereignty) of the United States. The station is located on the high plateau of Antarctica at 9,301 feet (2,835 m) above sea level. It is administered by the Office
Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station
Amundsen–Scott_South_Pole_Station
coast of Greenland. After that, Nansen planned to freeze a ship into ice and to let it float. Unlike other explorers, Nansen supposed that a well-constructed
History_of_research_ships
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
doing so without supplementary oxygen. Messner was the first to cross Antarctica and Greenland with neither snowmobiles nor dog sleds and also crossed
Reinhold_Messner
Glacier in Antarctica
between the Deep Freeze Range and Mount Melbourne to discharge into north Terra Nova Bay in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Campbell Glacier forms in the Southern
Campbell_Glacier
English explorer (born 1944)
and the first to completely cross Antarctica on foot. In May 2009, at the age of 65, he reached the summit of Mount Everest. Guinness Book of Records
Ranulph_Fiennes
Research expedition
The French Antarctic Expedition is any of several French expeditions in Antarctica. In 1837, during an 1837–1840 expedition across the deep southern hemisphere
French_Antarctic_Expedition
New Zealand mountaineer (1919–2008)
Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, which
Edmund_Hillary
Island of Antarctica
the east by Evans Cove and the Hells Gate Moraine, and in the west by the Nansen Ice Sheet. The eastern side is relatively flat with a few low hills, while
Inexpressible_Island
Norwegian naval officer and polar explorer
Johansen, who had experience from his Arctic exploration with Fridtjof Nansen. Such opposition was unheard-of and Amundsen then reorganized the Pole party
Kristian_Prestrud
Specific form of polar glacial islands
nautical miles (6 km) north-northeast of Mount Gaston de Gerlache in the Queen Fabiola Mountains of Antarctica. They were discovered on October 7, 1960
List_of_nunataks
US operations in Antarctica
Deep Freeze is the code name for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation
Operation_Deep_Freeze
Norwegian whaler (1809–1894)
Inlet, on the east coast of Graham Land. Foyn Harbor: anchorage between Nansen Island and Enterprise Island in Wilhelmina Bay, off the west coast of Graham
Svend_Foyn
Period of history from the 1890s to the 1920s
mainland Antarctica, and culminating in Wilkes' discovery of Victoria Land and naming of the volcanoes now known as Mount Terror and Mount Erebus in
Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration
Heroic_Age_of_Antarctic_Exploration
Island in Victoria Land, Antarctica
4.6 mi) north of Whitmer Peninsula, along the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Lamplugh Island was first sighted by the British National Antarctic Expedition
Lamplugh_Island
Ocean around Antarctica
World Ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica. With a size of 21,960,000 km2 (8,480,000 mi2), it is the second-smallest
Southern_Ocean
Norwegian polar explorer (1864–1934)
elite: Roald Amundsen was a long-time friend and supporter, whereas Fridtjof Nansen, according to Scott, spoke of him as a "tremendous fraud". When Amundsen
Carsten_Borchgrevink
Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882–1958)
three men, the first to climb the summit of Mount Erebus (the second-highest volcanic peak in Antarctica, at 3,794 m [12,448 ft]) and to trek to the South
Douglas_Mawson
Mountain Mount Nansen (Yukon) Hoodoo Mountain Mount Edziza Mount Edziza volcanic complex Ice Peak Spectrum Range Level Mountain Level Mountain Range Mount Boucherie
List_of_stratovolcanoes
1839–43 British Antarctic exploration mission
expedition. The expedition confirmed the existence of the continent of Antarctica, inferred the position of the South Magnetic Pole and made substantial
Ross_expedition
US Navy operation to establish an Antarctic research base
establishing, supplying, and operating permanent or seasonal bases in Antarctica, and identifying candidate sites Developing and standardizing techniques
Operation_Highjump
Antarctic research station in Kemp Land
Soviet research station in Kemp Land, Antarctica, at the southern pole of inaccessibility (the point in Antarctica farthest from any ocean) as defined in
Pole of Inaccessibility research station
Pole_of_Inaccessibility_research_station
British scientific expedition to Antarctica (1901 to 1904)
only snow-free Antarctic valleys, which contains the longest river of Antarctica. Further achievements included the discoveries of the Cape Crozier emperor
Discovery_Expedition
Late-19th century Antarctic expedition
way to Antarctica. Wiencke Island was named in his honor. Johan Koren – Norwegian – cabin boy and assistant zoologist Koren brought on board Nansen, the
Belgian_Antarctic_Expedition
Nazi Germany polar expedition
century ended, Germany began to focus on Antarctica.[citation needed] The first German expedition to Antarctica was the Gauss expedition from 1901 to 1903
German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939)
German_Antarctic_Expedition_(1938–1939)
Antarctica expedition in 1947–1948, led by Finn Ronne
commander of the Burton Island Mount Austin (Antarctica) – Named for Stephen F. Austin, American colonizer in Texas Mount Edward – Named for Cdr. Edward
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
Ronne_Antarctic_Research_Expedition
1900s Ernest Shackleton Antarctic expedition
magnetic pole, and the expedition also achieved the first ascent of Mount Erebus, Antarctica's second highest volcano. The expedition lacked governmental or
Nimrod_Expedition
American naval officer (1888–1957)
Antarctic Plateau. He is also known for discovering Mount Sidley, the largest dormant volcano in Antarctica. Byrd claimed to be the first to reach both the
Richard_E._Byrd
Antarctic base
a building located on the north shore of Cape Evans on Ross Island in Antarctica. It was erected in 1911 by the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910–1913
Scott's_Hut
1898–1900 research expedition to Antarctica
built Fridtjof Nansen's ship, Fram, which in 1896 had returned unscathed from its long drift in the northern polar ocean during Nansen's Fram expedition
Southern_Cross_Expedition
Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)
Shackleton's won a victory [...] which never can be surpassed." Fridtjof Nansen sent an effusive private letter to Shackleton's wife, praising the "unique
Ernest_Shackleton
Norwegian whaling vessel
Italian company in 1899 and rechristened Stella Polare. In 1888, Fridtjof Nansen captained Jason to Greenland in order to attempt the first documented crossing
Jason_(1881_ship)
Glacier in Antarctica
plateau through the Prince Albert Mountains to the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It enters Ross Sea between Cape Philippi and Cape Reynolds to form the
David_Glacier
Belgian polar explorer (1919-2006)
Geographical magazine (May 1962 issue). Mount Gaston de Gerlache in the Queen Fabiola Mountains on Antarctica was named after him. Rescue of Belgian Plane
Gaston_de_Gerlache
Irish sailor (1785–1852)
He is noted for his participation in several explorations of parts of Antarctica, including a sighting of the Trinity Peninsula in January 1820. Edward
Edward_Bransfield
Antarctic camp
is located at Hut Point on Ross Island by McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Visitors to Antarctica, arriving at either the US Base at McMurdo or New Zealand's
Discovery_Hut
Antarctic base
explorer Roald Amundsen's base at the Bay of Whales on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica during his successful quest for the South Pole. It was used between January
Framheim
Siberian Husky and sled dog (1919–1933)
racer. He was named after Samuel Balto, a Sámi who was part of Fridtjof Nansen's exploration of Greenland in 1888, and whom Seppala admired. No birth records
Balto
Ernest Shackleton's ship, 1914–1917
built with the possible exception of Fram, the vessel used by Fridtjof Nansen and later by Roald Amundsen. There was one major difference between the
Endurance_(1912_ship)
Hecla-class bomb vessel best known for Antarctic and Arctic exploration
Mount Erebus, located on Ross Island adjacent to the volcanically inactive Mount Terror, is the second-highest volcano in Antarctica (after Mount Sidley)
HMS_Erebus_(1826)
mountains which were since named after his ships: Mount Erebus, the most active volcano on Antarctica, and Mount Terror. Once the North Pole had been reached
Major explorations after the Age of Discovery
Major_explorations_after_the_Age_of_Discovery
Belgian naval officer and explorer (1866-1934)
geographical features were named in his honour, mostly in Antarctica: Cape Gerlache, Mount Gerlache, Gerlache Inlet, Gerlache Island, Gerlache Strait
Adrien_de_Gerlache
Scottish polar explorer
Shackleton—as an expedition doctor. They arrived on the Nimrod at Cape Royds in Antarctica in February 1908, and set up camp in a small expedition hut that would
Alistair_Mackay
Alpine skier (1856–1940)
Association 1965 monument in Lilienfeld park Named in his memory: Mount Zdarsky in Antarctica 1951 Zdarskyweg in Vienna - Hietzing 1977 Zdarskystraße in St
Mathias_Zdarsky
British polar explorer
Glacier. Denied a request to proceed to the South Pole, his party ascended Mount Nansen and descended a route taken by Amundsen in 1911, thus being the first
Wally_Herbert
German geographer, geophysicist and polar scientist
Two glaciers, including Drygalski Glacier (Antarctica) and Drygalski Glacier (Tanzania) on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro are also named for him. An archive
Erich_von_Drygalski
Antarctic station in Australian Antarctic Territory
Russian Antarctic science station. It is located in Queen Mary Land, Antarctica, on the Antarctic coast of the Davis Sea. The station is managed by the
Mirny_Station
Devil Daniel Cassidy Justice League America #98. Active. Icemaiden Sigrid Nansen Inactive due to severe injuries. L-Ron/Despero Justice League Task Force
List of Justice League members
List_of_Justice_League_members
French explorer and naval officer (1790–1842)
who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica. As a botanist and cartographer, he gave his name to several seaweeds
Jules_Dumont_d'Urville
Antarctic base
located at Iquique Cove, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Opened February 6, 1947 by the First Chilean Antarctic Expedition, it
Captain_Arturo_Prat_Base
Glacier in Antarctica
a steep valley glacier flowing northeast from the north side of Mount Fridtjof Nansen to the head of the Ross Ice Shelf, flanked on the northwest by the
Strom_Glacier
Argentine Antarctic base
Orcadas is an Argentine scientific station in Antarctica, and the oldest of the stations in Antarctica still in operation. It is located on Laurie Island
Orcadas_Base
British warship and polar exploration ship
Terror. The book was serialized on BBC Radio 4 in 2018. Mount Terror on Ross Island, near Antarctica, was named after the ship by Captain Ross, who also named
HMS_Terror_(1813)
Irish Antarctic explorer (1877–1938)
after the explorer include Mount Crean, a 8,630-foot (2,630 m) peak in Victoria Land, Antarctica and 2,300-foot (700 m) Mount Crean in Greenland, and two
Tom_Crean_(explorer)
British Antarctic explorer (1868–1912)
fossils were determined to be from the Glossopteris tree and proved that Antarctica was once forested and joined to other continents. Before his appointment
Robert_Falcon_Scott
Early 20th-century American explorer of Antarctica
Ellsworth Station was named after him. Ellsworth Land, Mount Ellsworth, and Lake Ellsworth, all in Antarctica, are all named for Lincoln Ellsworth. The United
Lincoln_Ellsworth
Southernmost point on Earth
at the center of the Southern Hemisphere. Situated on the continent of Antarctica, it is the site of the United States Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station
South_Pole
Expedition to Antarctica led by Douglas Mawson, 1911–1914
Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod expedition in 1907–1909. During its time in Antarctica, the expedition's sledging parties covered around 4,180 kilometres (2
Australasian Antarctic Expedition
Australasian_Antarctic_Expedition
anthropological ocean voyages Sir Edmund Hillary New Zealander 20th Mount Everest, Antarctica Himilco the Navigator Carthaginian 6th BC Northwestern coast of
List_of_explorers
Secret British expedition to the Antarctic during WWII
mapping, was the foundation for continuous British scientific research in Antarctica. The huskies provided the core of a British Antarctic husky population
Operation_Tabarin
1910–13 British Antarctic expedition
Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition to Antarctica which took place between 1910 and 1913. Led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott
Terra_Nova_Expedition
Australian soldier and polar explorer (1869–1910)
a scholarship at the University of Melbourne in his honour. Mount Armytage in Antarctica was named for him by members of the Nimrod Expedition. His medals
Bertram_Armytage
Royal Navy officer and explorer (1800–1862)
used. On 8 April 1839, Ross was given orders to command an expedition to Antarctica for the purposes of 'magnetic research and geographical discovery'. Between
James_Clark_Ross
Australian explorer (1905–1968)
Bellingshausen Sea. Rymill Coast in Palmer Land and Rymill Bay in Graham Land, Antarctica, were named after him. The British Service Polar Medal with Arctic bar
John_Rymill
British officer and explorer (1879–1916)
he was recruited by Shackleton's Nimrod expedition, which sailed for Antarctica in 1907. Before the expedition's departure Mackintosh was commissioned
Aeneas_Mackintosh
Analysis of expeditions to the South Pole
he received (while attending trials of the motor sledges in Norway) from Nansen, the most famous explorer of the day, who told Scott to take "dogs, dogs
Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott expeditions
Comparison_of_the_Amundsen_and_Scott_expeditions
English sailor (1885–1972)
Endurance. When the Endurance made a stop at Buenos Aires en route to the Antarctica, How, along with William Bakewell, helped smuggle Perce Blackborow on
Walter_How
For mountain peaks only
Decamp, Misadventures Below Zero, AAJ 39, pp. 98–107 (1997) News From Antarctica, Mount Foster's First Ascent Archived 2001-01-16 at the Wayback Machine Noboru
List of first ascents of mountain summits
List_of_first_ascents_of_mountain_summits
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