Age of Antarctic Exploration

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Age_of_Antarctic_Exploration

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Heroic_Age_of_Antarctic_Exploration
gptkbp:characterizedBy	limited technology use of man-hauling use of sled dogs
gptkbp:endDate	1922
gptkbp:focus	Antarctic exploration
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Mechanical_Age_of_Antarctic_Exploration
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Age of Antarctic Exploration
gptkbp:notableAchievement	First attainment of the South Pole First overwintering in Antarctica First crossing of the Antarctic Circle by land parties
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Snow_Hill_Island gptkb:Vahsel_Bay gptkb:Wilhelm_II_Land gptkb:Elephant_Island gptkb:Hope_Bay gptkb:King_Edward_VII_Land gptkb:McMurdo_Sound gptkb:Victoria_Land gptkb:Cape_Evans gptkb:Cape_Denison gptkb:Cape_Royds gptkb:Commonwealth_Bay gptkb:Hut_Point gptkb:Queen_Maud_Land gptkb:South_Georgia gptkb:Ross_Island gptkb:Paulet_Island Grytviken
gptkbp:notableMission	gptkb:Adrien_de_Gerlache gptkb:Ernest_Shackleton gptkb:Roald_Amundsen gptkb:Douglas_Mawson gptkb:Terra_Nova_Expedition gptkb:Belgian_Antarctic_Expedition gptkb:Robert_Falcon_Scott gptkb:Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition gptkb:Discovery_Expedition gptkb:Nimrod_Expedition
gptkbp:notableShip	gptkb:Aurora gptkb:Nimrod gptkb:Terra_Nova gptkb:Fram gptkb:Belgica gptkb:Discovery Endurance
gptkbp:precededBy	Early Antarctic exploration
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Antarctica
gptkbp:significantEvent	Amundsen reaches South Pole in 1911 Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–1914) Scott's Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913) Shackleton's Endurance Expedition (1914–1917)
gptkbp:startDate	1897
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Race_for_the_South_Pole
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8