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Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Heroic_Age_of_Antarctic_Exploration
GPTKB entity
Statements (86)
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
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