Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration

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

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:characteristic	extreme hardship limited technology use of primitive equipment
gptkbp:endDate	1922
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Mechanical_Age_of_Antarctic_Exploration
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Antarctica
gptkbp:mainActivity	gptkb:explorer
gptkbp:notableAchievement	mapping of Antarctic coastline first attainment of South Pole first overwintering in Antarctica
gptkbp:notableCountry	gptkb:Argentina gptkb:Australia gptkb:Belgium gptkb:France gptkb:Germany gptkb:Japan gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:Norway gptkb:Russia gptkb:Scotland gptkb:Sweden gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Mawson's_Australasian_Antarctic_Expedition_1911–1914 gptkb:Shackleton's_Endurance_expedition_1914–1917 Amundsen reaches South Pole in 1911 Scott reaches South Pole in 1912 first use of motor vehicles in Antarctica first use of ponies in Antarctica first use of sled dogs in Antarctica
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Gauss_Station gptkb:Scotia_Bay gptkb:Vahsel_Bay gptkb:Wilhelm_II_Land gptkb:Winter_Quarters_Bay gptkb:Deception_Island gptkb:Elephant_Island gptkb:Hope_Bay gptkb:Base_Orcadas gptkb:Cape_Evans gptkb:Dumont_d'Urville_Station gptkb:Port_Lockroy gptkb:Cape_Royds gptkb:Hut_Point gptkb:South_Georgia gptkb:Adélie_Land gptkb:Mawson's_Huts gptkb:Framheim Grytviken King Edward Point
gptkbp:notableMission	gptkb:Adrien_de_Gerlache gptkb:Carsten_Borchgrevink 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:notablePerson	gptkb:Frank_Debenham gptkb:William_Speirs_Bruce gptkb:James_Murray gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Charcot gptkb:Raymond_Priestley gptkb:Edward_Wilson
gptkbp:notableShip	gptkb:Pourquoi-Pas? gptkb:Aurora gptkb:Nimrod gptkb:Terra_Nova gptkb:Gauss gptkb:Fram gptkb:Belgica gptkb:Discovery Endurance
gptkbp:precededBy	early Antarctic exploration
gptkbp:significance	international competition heroic feats of endurance major scientific discoveries
gptkbp:startDate	1897
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Douglas_Mawson gptkb:Scottish_National_Antarctic_Expedition gptkb:Australasian_Antarctic_Expedition_(1911–1914)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6