Chart showing 7 countries' claims on Antarctic territory, after 1975 [?].; With the South Pole conquered in 1911, the "heroic" age of Antarctic exploration ended. However, much of the interior remained to be discovered. In 1929 Richard Byrd reignited popular interest in the area when he made the first flight over the pole. Byrd established five successive bases in Antarctica (called Little Americas I-V) and led U.S. research on the continent until his death in 1957. His exploits were so well known that other countries raced south to set up permanent bases and claim portions of the land as their own
The objectives of the Heroic Age expeditions were driven by the continued wish of European countrie...
The International Geophysical Year (IGY) was an unprecedented international scientific undertaking t...
its height, seven countries had made claims in Antarctica, and the Antarctic Treaty was in the futur...
Richard Byrd in flight jacket, 1920s.; With the South Pole conquered in 1911, the "heroic" age of An...
Richard Byrd and his pet terrier "Igloo", October 11, 1928.; With the South Pole conquered in 1911, ...
Reviews the history of Antarctic discovery and of national claims in the Antarctic. Describes the pr...
Map of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica showing French, Norwegian, Swedish, Belgian, British, Rus...
Sovereignty was and still remains one of the principal reasons for human endeavour in Antarctica. Th...
The first scientific exploration of the Antarctic dates to the end of the seventeenth century, when ...
James Cook in his voyage of 1774–1775 is generally credited with the discovery of the Antarctic. He ...
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Supplement to National Geographic, October 1932. Shows ro...
Despite the fact that in 2006 Russia celebrated the golden jubilee of uninterrupted research on the...
The latest in a series of Great Geographical Discoveries was the finding of a southern ice continent ...
The introduction Of the aircraft to the Antarctic opened up the continent for exploration on a scale...
In 1911 the world was watching, waiting, hoping, attention focused on a desolate spot at the very en...
The objectives of the Heroic Age expeditions were driven by the continued wish of European countrie...
The International Geophysical Year (IGY) was an unprecedented international scientific undertaking t...
its height, seven countries had made claims in Antarctica, and the Antarctic Treaty was in the futur...
Richard Byrd in flight jacket, 1920s.; With the South Pole conquered in 1911, the "heroic" age of An...
Richard Byrd and his pet terrier "Igloo", October 11, 1928.; With the South Pole conquered in 1911, ...
Reviews the history of Antarctic discovery and of national claims in the Antarctic. Describes the pr...
Map of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica showing French, Norwegian, Swedish, Belgian, British, Rus...
Sovereignty was and still remains one of the principal reasons for human endeavour in Antarctica. Th...
The first scientific exploration of the Antarctic dates to the end of the seventeenth century, when ...
James Cook in his voyage of 1774–1775 is generally credited with the discovery of the Antarctic. He ...
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Supplement to National Geographic, October 1932. Shows ro...
Despite the fact that in 2006 Russia celebrated the golden jubilee of uninterrupted research on the...
The latest in a series of Great Geographical Discoveries was the finding of a southern ice continent ...
The introduction Of the aircraft to the Antarctic opened up the continent for exploration on a scale...
In 1911 the world was watching, waiting, hoping, attention focused on a desolate spot at the very en...
The objectives of the Heroic Age expeditions were driven by the continued wish of European countrie...
The International Geophysical Year (IGY) was an unprecedented international scientific undertaking t...
its height, seven countries had made claims in Antarctica, and the Antarctic Treaty was in the futur...