List of polar explorers

This list is for recognised pioneering explorers of the polar regions. It does not include subsequent travelers and expeditions.

Polar explorers

Aeneas Mackintosh Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld Adolphus Greely Adrien de Gerlache Albert Hastings Markham Albert P. Crary Alex Hibbert Alexander Kuchin Aleksandr Kolchak Alexander MacKenzie Alexander von Middendorff Alexey Tryoshnikov Alfred Björling Alfred Gabriel Nathorst Alfred Ritscher Alfred Wegener Alistair Mackay Andreas Peter Hovgaard Andrew Croft Andrew Regan Ann Bancroft Ann Daniels Antoni Bolesław Dobrowolski Antony Jinman Apsley Cherry-Garrard Augustine Courtauld Avgust Tsivolko Ben Saunders Bernhard Hantzsch Boris Vilkitsky Børge Ousland Carl Anton Larsen Carl Frederick Wandel Carsten Borchgrevink Cecil Madigan Charles Francis Hall Charlie Paton Christian Dahl Christian Leden Daniel Byles Dmitry Laptev Dmitry Ovtsyn Donal T. Manahan Douglas Mawson Dwayne Fields Edgar Evans Edgeworth David Edith Ronne Edmund Hillary Eduard Dallmann Eduard Toll Edward Bransfield Edward Evans Edward Israel Edward Nelson Edward W. Bingham Edward Wilson Edwin de Haven Ejnar Mikkelsen Elisha Kent Kane Emil Racovita Émile Danco Eric Marshall Eric Philips Erich von Drygalski Erling Kagge Ernest de Koven Leffingwell Ernest Shackleton Evald Kallstenius Fabian von Bellingshausen Fedot Popov Ferdinand von Wrangel Fiann Paul Finn Ronne Francis Crozier Francis Leopold McClintock Frank Wild Frank Worsley Frederick A. Cook Fridtjof Nansen Fritz Loewe Fyodor Litke Fyodor Matisen Fyodor Matyushkin Fyodor Minin George Comer George J. Dufek George Nares George W. De Long George W. Rice Georges Lecointe Georgy Sedov Georgiy Baidukov Georgy Brusilov Georgy Ushakov Gerald Ketchum Gerhard Muller Gino Watkins Godske Lindenov Helmer Hanssen Henry Cookson Henry Hudson Henry Robertson Bowers Henryk Arctowski Hjalmar Johansen Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen Hubert Wilkins Isaac Israel Hayes Ivan Lyakhov Ivan Papanin Ivan Simonov Jacques Cartier James Cook James Clark Ross James Marr James Weddell Jameson Adams Janice Meek Jason De Carteret Jean-Baptiste Charcot Jim McNeill Johann Georg Gmelin John Balleny John Franklin John Hornby John Huston John Rae John Richardson John Ross John Rymill Jon Bowermaster Josée Auclair Jules Dumont d'Urville Karl Baer Khariton Laptev Knud Rasmussen Konstantin Badygin Lars Christensen Lauge Koch Lawrence Wager Leo Gburek Lewis Gordon Pugh Lincoln Ellsworth Louise Arner Boyd Maria Klenova Mark Agnew Martin Frobisher Matthew A. Henson Matvei Gedenschtrom Merkury Vagin Michael Barne Mikhail Babushkin Mikhail Somov Mikhail Stadukhin Nathaniel Palmer Nikifor Begichev Nikolai Kolomeitsev Nikolai Pinegin Nikolay Urvantsev Nina Demme Nobu Shirase Olav Bjaaland Oscar Wisting Otto Kalvitsa Otto Nordenskjöld Otto Schmidt Otto Sverdrup Paul Landry Paul Siple Paul Walker Pavel Senko Pen Hadow Percy Lemon Peter Freuchen Philip Brocklehurst Pierre-Esprit Radisson Piotr Fyodorovich Anjou Pyotr Pakhtusov Pyotr Shirshov Quintin Riley Ralph Plaisted Richard Evelyn Byrd Richard Profit Richard Weber Roald Amundsen Robert Bartlett Robert Edwin Peary Robert Falcon Scott Robert M. Berry Robert Swan Rudolf Samoylovich Rune Malterud Salomon August Andrée Samuel Hearne Sebastian Copeland Semion Chelyuskin Martin Lindsay Sir Ranulph Fiennes Sverre Hassel Stepan Malygin Stian Aker Sydney L. Kirkby Tatiana Pronchishcheva Tobias Furneaux Todd Carmichael Tom Crean Umberto Cagni Umberto Nobile Valerian Albanov Valery Chkalov Vasili Chichagov Vasili Pronchishchev Vilhjalmur Stefansson Vivian Fuchs Vladimir Rusanov Vladimir Vize Wally Herbert Walter Wellman Wilhelm Filchner Will Steger Willem Barents William Parry William Scoresby William Speirs Bruce Yakov Gakkel Yakov Permyakov Yakov Sannikov Yevgeny Tolstikov

See also List of Russian explorers List of female explorers and travelers

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